Tell Congress to Reconsider the Protect America Act!
by Amanda Adams*, 9/7/2007
The unauthorized illegal wiretapping of nonprofits, amongst others, has already been made known and now, that authority has been expanded. We are calling on you to urge Congress to act now and revisit the temporary fix to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that passed in August. The Protect America Act of 2007 (PAA), S. 1927, gives the government the power to wiretap anyone, including U.S. citizens, without any court approval as long as the "target" of the surveillance is located outside the U.S.
But as The Hill reported, Democrats are making reconsidering the PAA a top priority before the bill sunsets in February. This is not enough! We seek a guarantee that this priority will be acted on, and with pressure from the American public, it will! Click here to let Congress know that the public will not wait for the sweeping, unchecked surveillance powers in the Protect America Act to be cut back.
