Are you shocked? You should be:
President Bush recently announced his plan to use the "lame duck" session of Congress to push through a bill authorizing the government to read our emails and tap our phone calls without our consent.
This un-American "Big Brother" bill could come to pass in just two months! Speak up now - before our right to free speech is stripped away. Stop the government from reading your email or listening to your phone calls without consent.
Legislation known as the "Cheney-Specter" bill would allow warrantless surveillance of all international calls and emails of Americans and businesses in the U.S., without any evidence that they are conspiring with foreign terrorist organizations.
A New York Times editorial summed up the situation by saying that this is "one of the worst ideas his administration and its Republican allies on Capitol Hill have come up with: a bill that would legalize his illegal wiretapping program and gut the law that limits a president's ability to abuse his power in this way."
A federal court has already ruled that the domestic spying program violates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which was passed to curb executive abuses like spying on civil rights leaders and Members of Congress. But despite this ruling, President Bush has made this legislation top priority for the "lame duck" session of Congress! president's ability to abuse his power in this way."
Stand up to protect our privacy and constitutional rights. Sign the petition at: Care2.com
America prides itself on being a country founded on liberty and due process. We can't sit back while this is changed forever. Thank you for signing this important petition.#
There are 30,000+ signatures on this petition and they want 50,000.
Do you want privacy in your communications...or a Bush, Cheney, and Specter snoot shoved into your personal business?
PLEASE SIGN TODAY--the end of the year approaches and the hawkish Republican Congress is determined to do their dirtiest to the American people before their goose-steppin', boot-scootin' jig is up.
Pass the word!
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