[WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Dick Cheney Wants Access to Your Email

[Rui Correia]

Today America, tomorrow the world. It is bad enough that they are getting
away with IG. 

Rui

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Subject: Dick Cheney Wants Access to Your Email

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American Civil Liberties Union
Dick Cheney Wants Access to Your Email 
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Dear Friend,

It's true. Dick Cheney is pushing Congress to allow the 
government to access Americans' conversations and emails 
without getting an individualized warrant. 

The ACLU has been fighting in the courts and on Capitol 
Hill to halt the Bush administration's secret program of 
warrantless domestic spying. Just last month, we won a 
tremendous victory when the U.S. District Court for the 
Eastern District of Michigan declared the National Security 
Agency program unconstitutional and called for an immediate 
halt to this abuse of presidential power. 

Stand with us today and take action to protect your privacy and 
the rule of law.
http://ga3.org/ct/4p1afHp1gXm8/

Even as this important civil liberties victory works its 
way through the courts, the White House is playing politics 
with our privacy to bolster their numbers and appear "tough 
on terrorism." And now the Bush administration's allies in 
Congress are scrambling to find ways to keep their illegal 
activities moving forward with two bills drafted under Dick 
Cheney's supervision. 

The bills -- scheduled for debate in Congress this 
week -- would expand the president's power, and allow for 
new ways to invade your privacy. Now is the time to tell 
Congress to protect your privacy and the rule of law.
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The Cheney legislation is characterized by some as 
"surveillance we can live with," but it would vastly expand 
the government's power to search and spy on Americans without 
any individualized judicial check. It would even set 
government spies loose on any email you send if the government 
does not know where all the recipients are physically located. 

We cannot allow our homes, cell phone records and email 
inboxes to be exposed to new kinds of government spying 
that are currently completely illegal. But we have a chance to 
stop these bills this week, before White House pressure drives 
them to a speedy vote. 

The Cheney bills are worse than the powers ceded to the 
government by the Patriot Act, and would write into law what 
is now the administration's belief that the president can 
wiretap any American he wants without any check required by 
the Fourth Amendment or without any meaningful check to protect 
individual rights. If these bills pass, nothing will prevent 
government agents from unilaterally targeting Americans for 
indefinite secret surveillance without cause. That's not 
America; with your help, we will ensure these bills do not 
pass. Please take action today to protect your privacy and 
the rule of law. 
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Your voice is critical right now. Please take action today. 

Sincerely,
Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union

P.S. Don't be deceived by claims that these bills will protect 
your privacy and restore judicial review. To learn more, visit 
our website. 

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