[mla-nynj] [mla-grc] Fwd: [ALAWON] IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED: Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on FISA Bill

[Mahnaz Tehrani]

Dear members,

I would like to draw your attention to the following message was sent by 
Mary, please take the necessary steps.

Thanks,
Mahnaz Tehrani
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Dear GRC and Legislative Task Force Members:

Tomorrow the Senate is scheduled to vote on the FISA Amendments Act of 
2008 (H.R. 6304), which would expand the government's powers to allow 
warrantless surveillance of Americans and give immunity to 
telecommunications companies that helped the executive branch engage in 
illegal surveillance in the past.  *PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND ASK 
THEM TO VOTE NO ON THIS LEGISLATION.  * The following ALA Action Alert 
provides additional background and contact information.  Mary


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> * ALAWON
> Volume 17, Number 017
> July 8, 2008 *
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> _/*IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED: Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on FISA 
> Bill* /_Tomorrow, July 9, the U.S. Senate will vote on the FISA 
> Amendments Act of 2008 (H.R. 6304), which would expand the 
> government's powers to allow warrantless surveillance of Americans and 
> give immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the 
> executive branch engage in illegal surveillance in the past.
>
> Please tell your Senators 
> <http://capwiz.com/ala/issues/alert/?alertid=11589341> to vote NO on 
> this legislation.
>
> H.R. 6304 would rewrite FISA in a way that expands the executive 
> branch's spying powers without doing enough to protect the privacy of 
> innocent people whose communications are being monitored.
>
> Everyone agrees that the government should be able to collect the 
> communications of terrorists, but the government also has a duty to 
> protect the privacy of innocent Americans. Protecting patron privacy 
> and the confidentiality of library records are deep and longstanding 
> principles of librarianship and guide ALA's legislative activities on 
> privacy, surveillance and other related issues.
>
> As ALA Past-President Loriene Roy said recently, "Providing 
> retroactive immunity for phone companies continues the 
> Administration's unconstitutional use of private corporations to 
> needlessly spy on Americans. Nor is there evidence that this approach 
> will ensure increased security for the United States.
>
> "I commit ALA to continue to try to bring common sense to these 
> debates and seek appropriate changes in the future."
>
> Please visit ALA's Legislative Action Center and tell your Senators 
> <http://capwiz.com/ala/issues/alert/?alertid=11589341> to vote NO on 
> H.R. 6304.
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