Tell Congress: End Warrantless Spying, Don't Make it Permanent
Jul 7, 2017 05:35:47 #
Lawmakers are getting serious about renewing the U.S. government’s Internet spying powers, so we need to get serious about stopping their bad proposals.
Sen. Tom Cotton has introduced legislation that would not just reauthorize, but make permanent the expiring measure that the government says justifies the warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans’ online communications. That measure is Section 702, as enacted by the FISA Amendments Act. Cotton's bill (S. 1297) is supported by several Republicans in the Senate, including Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Sens. John Cornyn, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham.
Section 702 surveillance violates the privacy rights of millions of people. This warrantless spying should not be allowed to continue at all, let alone be made permanent as is. Luckily, there’s already opposition to the proposal. Sen. Dianne Feinstein--whose defense of warrantless surveillance has historically been sympathetic to the intelligence community--has said she can not support a bill that makes Section 702 permanent.
Now we need other members of Congress to take the same stand. We cannot let lawmakers ignore our privacy concerns and their own responsibility to review surveillance law, and our lawmakers need to hear that. Sign our petition today and tell Congress to oppose S. 1297 and the permanent reauthorization of Section 702 spying.
https://supporters.eff.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=2243
Sen. Tom Cotton has introduced legislation that would not just reauthorize, but make permanent the expiring measure that the government says justifies the warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans’ online communications. That measure is Section 702, as enacted by the FISA Amendments Act. Cotton's bill (S. 1297) is supported by several Republicans in the Senate, including Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Sens. John Cornyn, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham.
Section 702 surveillance violates the privacy rights of millions of people. This warrantless spying should not be allowed to continue at all, let alone be made permanent as is. Luckily, there’s already opposition to the proposal. Sen. Dianne Feinstein--whose defense of warrantless surveillance has historically been sympathetic to the intelligence community--has said she can not support a bill that makes Section 702 permanent.
Now we need other members of Congress to take the same stand. We cannot let lawmakers ignore our privacy concerns and their own responsibility to review surveillance law, and our lawmakers need to hear that. Sign our petition today and tell Congress to oppose S. 1297 and the permanent reauthorization of Section 702 spying.
https://supporters.eff.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=2243
Sep 2, 2018 10:18:33 #
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Most of the problems of today would be solved by embracing what worked in the past.
People were born in the past without birth certificates.
People could travel without passports.
People can learn how to drive without driver licenses.
People could travel without being groped by the TSA.
The government does not need to wiretap people.
Businesses that do not have business licenses will go bankrupt if they provide bad service.
People will not starve if they do not have food stamps.
People can find cheap doctors in the world without Obamacare.
People will not have a vested interest in driving dangerously if there are no liability insurance laws.
People could carry guns, no one had Social Security numbers, and there were no sales, income, or property taxes in the past.
Drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, prostitution, sodas, protesting, and mosques were legal before, why can't they be legal now?
The US did not torture in the past, why does the US need to torture now?
The USA had open borders before, why must the US have closed borders now?
If self-serve gas stations can be legal in one place, why can't they be legal everywhere?
If seeing eye dogs are legal in restaurants, why can't all dogs be legal in restaurants?
Would crime rise if everything was legal?
Why do you need the government anyway? Can’t you talk to people who bother you? Could you sue someone? Could you just move away? Can't you protect yourself?
Think.
A free country that went to war with a evil dictatorship should not become a police state. Thieves cannot take the moral high ground and criticize robbers.
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Americans have learned nothing from history.
Americans have no rights anymore and the US is no longer a democracy.
Americans think every problem should be solved by decree and force now, but every solution causes another problem.
Americans think the government is made up of holy men. Americans think anyone becomes a saint when they wear a costume, badge, and a gun.
The solution for problems should be what worked in the past.
Americans say that rent control should be used to reduce high rents instead of reducing regulations.
When regulations lead to a bad economy, Americans think that the homeless should be put in jail and businesses should be given bailouts.
Instead of allowing people to feed the homeless, Americans think feeding the homeless should be outlawed.
Instead of getting rid of welfare that encourages girls to marry the state instead of a man and leads to broken families, Americans think food stamps should be expanded.
Instead of getting rid of minimum wages that cripple the ability of the US to compete on the world market, Americans think the US should increase the minimum wage and start a trade war by enacting tariffs.
When food stamps lead to increased debt, Americans think that taxes should be raised.
Americans think the only way to attend college is to have student loans, but student loans raise the cost of tuition.
Instead of ending wars that lead to terrorism, tyranny, debt, and refugees, Americans think that the wars should be increased.
Instead of arresting sex traffickers, Americans would rather shut down free speech and prostitution.
Americans would rather ban video games instead of arresting murderers.
Instead of allowing the free market to decide what companies are good, Americans would rather shut down monopolies.
Instead of educating people, Americans would rather jail people for using their own property in the wrong way.
Central planning has failed everywhere. China used to encourage people to have kids, but after China became overpopulated, China had an one-child policy.
The USA is supposed to be a free country. The reason the Americans fought the British was because Americans wanted to be free.
When our overlords make a decree, they always sell it as a minor temporary law that only affects Muslims, junkies, sex offenders, homosexuals, i*****l i*******ts, or b****s. The 1% doesn’t mention that the law will become permanent and more draconian.
No one cares if owning cows are illegal, yoga pants are illegal, teen driving is illegal, or smoking is illegal. The problem is what happens when your job is banned, the government steals your house, tortures your family, or sends you to the concentration camps.
Are you just going to take it?
If tyranny is so wonderful then why do people try to escape North Korea?
Would you rather be locked in a padded room wearing a strait-jacket and have safety or be homeless on a mountain and have freedom?
The elites are trying today to make Americans dependent children by outlawing everything and giving them food stamps. Once Americans are weakened and the US Ponzi economy implodes, the ruling class will then send the 99% off to the gulags to be starved and k**led.
Governments are not kind. Governments have k**led millions of people in N**i concentration camps, Soviet gulags, the Chinese Great Leap Forward, and the Cambodian k*****g fields.
Liberty is not something that only benefits other people, but not you. Freedom benefits everyone.
Tyranny is not something that only punishes other people, but not you. Tyranny punishes everyone.
Freedom is good.
Tyranny is bad.
This is no joke.
History repeats and the signs are everywhere.
Anyone who supports the government is just a tool of the elites.
Wake up.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/photos-of-russia-1990s-after-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union-2017-3
A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, c*******m and coercion.
Government laws lead to more crime. If only murder and theft were illegal, obeying the law would be easy, but no one respects the law when everything is illegal.
Most of the problems of today would be solved by embracing what worked in the past.
People were born in the past without birth certificates.
People could travel without passports.
People can learn how to drive without driver licenses.
People could travel without being groped by the TSA.
The government does not need to wiretap people.
Businesses that do not have business licenses will go bankrupt if they provide bad service.
People will not starve if they do not have food stamps.
People can find cheap doctors in the world without Obamacare.
People will not have a vested interest in driving dangerously if there are no liability insurance laws.
People could carry guns, no one had Social Security numbers, and there were no sales, income, or property taxes in the past.
Drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, prostitution, sodas, protesting, and mosques were legal before, why can't they be legal now?
The US did not torture in the past, why does the US need to torture now?
The USA had open borders before, why must the US have closed borders now?
If self-serve gas stations can be legal in one place, why can't they be legal everywhere?
If seeing eye dogs are legal in restaurants, why can't all dogs be legal in restaurants?
Would crime rise if everything was legal?
Why do you need the government anyway? Can’t you talk to people who bother you? Could you sue someone? Could you just move away? Can't you protect yourself?
Think.
A free country that went to war with a evil dictatorship should not become a police state. Thieves cannot take the moral high ground and criticize robbers.
The USA is an immoral bankrupt warmongering police state now.
Americans have learned nothing from history.
Americans have no rights anymore and the US is no longer a democracy.
Americans think every problem should be solved by decree and force now, but every solution causes another problem.
Americans think the government is made up of holy men. Americans think anyone becomes a saint when they wear a costume, badge, and a gun.
The solution for problems should be what worked in the past.
Americans say that rent control should be used to reduce high rents instead of reducing regulations.
When regulations lead to a bad economy, Americans think that the homeless should be put in jail and businesses should be given bailouts.
Instead of allowing people to feed the homeless, Americans think feeding the homeless should be outlawed.
Instead of getting rid of welfare that encourages girls to marry the state instead of a man and leads to broken families, Americans think food stamps should be expanded.
Instead of getting rid of minimum wages that cripple the ability of the US to compete on the world market, Americans think the US should increase the minimum wage and start a trade war by enacting tariffs.
When food stamps lead to increased debt, Americans think that taxes should be raised.
Americans think the only way to attend college is to have student loans, but student loans raise the cost of tuition.
Instead of ending wars that lead to terrorism, tyranny, debt, and refugees, Americans think that the wars should be increased.
Instead of arresting sex traffickers, Americans would rather shut down free speech and prostitution.
Americans would rather ban video games instead of arresting murderers.
Instead of allowing the free market to decide what companies are good, Americans would rather shut down monopolies.
Instead of educating people, Americans would rather jail people for using their own property in the wrong way.
Central planning has failed everywhere. China used to encourage people to have kids, but after China became overpopulated, China had an one-child policy.
The USA is supposed to be a free country. The reason the Americans fought the British was because Americans wanted to be free.
When our overlords make a decree, they always sell it as a minor temporary law that only affects Muslims, junkies, sex offenders, homosexuals, i*****l i*******ts, or b****s. The 1% doesn’t mention that the law will become permanent and more draconian.
No one cares if owning cows are illegal, yoga pants are illegal, teen driving is illegal, or smoking is illegal. The problem is what happens when your job is banned, the government steals your house, tortures your family, or sends you to the concentration camps.
Are you just going to take it?
If tyranny is so wonderful then why do people try to escape North Korea?
Would you rather be locked in a padded room wearing a strait-jacket and have safety or be homeless on a mountain and have freedom?
The elites are trying today to make Americans dependent children by outlawing everything and giving them food stamps. Once Americans are weakened and the US Ponzi economy implodes, the ruling class will then send the 99% off to the gulags to be starved and k**led.
Governments are not kind. Governments have k**led millions of people in N**i concentration camps, Soviet gulags, the Chinese Great Leap Forward, and the Cambodian k*****g fields.
Liberty is not something that only benefits other people, but not you. Freedom benefits everyone.
Tyranny is not something that only punishes other people, but not you. Tyranny punishes everyone.
Freedom is good.
Tyranny is bad.
This is no joke.
History repeats and the signs are everywhere.
Anyone who supports the government is just a tool of the elites.
Wake up.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/photos-of-russia-1990s-after-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union-2017-3
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