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Open Letter to Saxby Chambliss (R, GA)

Open Letter to Saxby Chambliss (R, GA)

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I received an email today from Senator Saxby Chambliss, and I’m posting both his communication and my own. Dear Ms. N: Thank you for contacting me regarding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) monitoring of conversations connected to terrorist activity and the treatment of military detainees. It is good to hear from you. I certainly understand your concerns regarding personal freedoms. We are blessed to live in a free and effective democracy, and, just like you, I hold dear the personal…

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News that Matters to Me

News that Matters to Me

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The roundup of the news that catches my eye and matters to me is focused around a national theme, as it often is. We are too easily misled and kept in the dark. When we see a bit of light, it is too easy to cover our eyes. We have been progressively desensitized, but we’re not the first. I am beginning to have some hope again. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually…

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5 Things Specter Won’t Say about Cheney-Specter Spying Bill

5 Things Specter Won’t Say about Cheney-Specter Spying Bill

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The Cheney-Specter bill makes following the protections in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act totally optional. The bill would change the law so that foreign intelligence surveillance of Americans could be conducted without following FISA’s requirement of individualized judicial review of wiretaps. The bill would change the law to allow the president to ignore FISA’s protections and unilaterally decide which Americans to wiretap, indefinitely and without any mandatory check to protect individual rights. The bill also gives President Bush support for…

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NSA Eavesdropping Ruled Unconstitutional

NSA Eavesdropping Ruled Unconstitutional

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NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional Judge orders immediate halt to program YES! Finally! A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy. “It was never the intent of the Framers to give the President such unfettered control, particularly…

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Daily Activism

Daily Activism

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The House will vote once again this week to hand the Arctic Refuge over to Big Oil. Tell your Representative to vote NO! (League of Conservation Voters) Say NO to Drilling in the Arctic Refuge Before It’s Too Late – The House Votes Tomorrow (Save Our Environment.org) Block Bush’s Radical-Right Judges (Act for Change) Act now to stop phone companies from abusing your privacy. Join in the nationwide demand that the FCC and state utility commissions investigate reports of unlawful…

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