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Swarfendor437

Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:37:28 pm

I can't do anything but you can contact your legislators:

"J,

The Trump administration is on the verge of having the power to monitor the Internet and read your emails permanently extended. We *need* to stop them before it’s too late.

Tell key lawmakers today: End the US government’s warrantless Internet surveillance powers.

Take Action
Trump and the rest of the U.S. government get much of their Internet surveillance powers from Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, and that law is coming up for reauthorization by Congress in less than two months. Section 702 lets the government collect and search the emails, photos, and other private information of innocent people without cause—the kind of surveillance that takes away everyone's freedom to be themselves.

And remember, Trump may be in charge of these surveillance programs now, but if they are made permanent, any future President can use—or abuse—them. This isn’t about whether you support or oppose President Trump—this is about taking back our privacy and security from a corrupted federal government that has violated our basic rights for far too long.

Take action now to demand Congress ends Section 702, the biggest mass surveillance law in the U.S.

Take Action
This is going to be an epic fight. Private contractors like Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin, and Leidos have been getting rich from mass surveillance,[1] and they are lobbying hard to make sure Section 702 is renewed. With these special interests involved, and the fear campaigns they run, ending surveillance under Section 702 won’t be easy.

This month we lost one of our last chances to secure meaningful reforms against the government’s powers. The House Judiciary Committee approved the USA Liberty Act--the bill that reforms and reauthorizes Section 702—WITHOUT a critical amendment that fixed the “backdoor search” loophole.[2]

Now we have no choice but to tell lawmakers to vote against the USA Liberty Act, and oppose outright the reauthorization of Section 702.

This whole system of mass surveillance has been built and supported by corruption, and the only way to break the cycle of corruption is for regular people to speak out loudly. The intelligence contractors may have the money and the insider connections, but they don’t have the most important thing that politicians need—popular public support.

Add your name to our petition demanding an end to Section 702. If Congress hears from us in droves, we can stop Trump's unchecked surveillance powers.

Thanks for taking action,

-Evan at FFTF

Footnotes:

[1] Vice: https://www.vice.com/sv/article/dp9gkv/ ... rveillance

[2] ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/article/house-lawm ... e-reforms/



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