Count me as another one of your constituents opposed to immunity for telecommunications companies that helped the Bush administration spy on millions of American citizens.By now you know all the details about the telecoms' involvement in the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program. No doubt you have also heard arguments for and against immunity for the telecommunications companies.I will not repeat the arguments against immunity -- although I hope you have thought long and hard about the news reports detailing how some of the telecommunications companies cut off their wiretapping services when the government failed to pay its bills on time. This is a sure sign that their true motivation was profits, not protecting the nation.My main reason for writing is to let you know that your constituents care deeply about the Constitution and are outraged when their privacy rights are violated -- either by the government or by entities working with the government. When such violations occur, every entity involved should be expected to explain its actions in court. If you do not defend this principle, you are undermining the document that serves as the foundation of our nation.Please support the Constitution and your country by opposing immunity for the telecommunications companies.
Bloggers and Others Push Presidential Candidates on Immunity
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NSA Spying issue overview, blog postsWith Congress back in session this week and the Presidential season in full swing, the fight to prevent the Bush administration from granting immuniy to the telecoms for illegal spying is heating up once again. Activists and bloggers alike are keeping the heat on.
First, Credo Mobile (formerly Working Assets) urged its members to write to Senators Clinton, Obama and McCain, the three presidential candidates who are still in the Senate and who have said they'd oppose immunity.
The results were tremendous: 67,000 emails were sent to the Senators.
Meanwhile Jane Hamsher over at Firedoglake has been urging folks to write to former Senator Edwards. Edwards can make telecom immunity a debate issue in for the presidential candidates who still have a vote in Congress.
And of course the amazing Glenn Greenwald continues pointing out how Senator Harry Reid has the power to help stop the immunity train by supporting Senator Dodd and the handful of others who are willing to lay down on the tracks, but instead seems to be shoveling in more coal.
This is all good news, but we're heading into another crunch time, so even if you've already spoken out, please consider doing it again. Let Congress know that we're still watching. www.stopthespying.org.
And check back to the www.stopthespying.org in the next couple of days for another way to make your voice, and your face, heard.