From Ron Paul <[email protected]>
Subject Good and Bad news on spying
Date February 27, 2020 9:01 PM
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***URGENT UPDATE***
Fellow Patriot,
Yesterday, I emailed you about renewal of the
so-called "USA Freedom Act" and the Schiff/Nadler Deep State
Spying Sham (in case you missed it, I've included it below).

Well the fight is moving fast, and today, I
have both good and bad news to report.

The bad news is, Deep State stooges Adam
Schiff (D-CA) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) showed once again yesterday
they're hellbent on keeping Deep State spying running at full
blast!

So it's critical liberty-loving Americans
keep the pressure on to stop reauthorization of the Deep State's
spying powers on American citizens.

At the last minute before House Judiciary
Chairman Jerrold Nadler planned to take up sham spying "reform"
yesterday, Nadler announced he'd postponed it.

Why?

Nadler and partner-in-crime, House
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, were worried
proposed amendments might place real restrictions on the
government's spying powers over you and me.

So the good news is, we've moved the needle.
And thanks to your action and that of other freedom loving
Americans, some in BOTH parties in Congress are getting nervous
about schemes to continue Deep State domestic spying powers
they've PROVEN they'll abuse.

But right now, Deep State congressional
lackeys in BOTH parties are in a MAD RUSH to make the March 15
deadline -- before the "USA Freedom Act" expires.

And I know from my time on Capitol Hill, right
now is when the Deep State lackeys in congressional leadership
start twisting arms all over Congress to RAM through the
Schiff/Nadler Deep State Spying Sham and permanent
reauthorization of the Deep State's domestic spying powers.

You and I MUST keep the pressure on.

So please sign the "STOP
THE SCHIFF/NADLER DEEP STATE SPYING SHAM" petition if you haven't
already.
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But I hope you won't stop there.

Fellow Patriot, the truth is, the best odds for you
and I to halt America's slide into authoritarianism come from
generating as much action as possible from an expanding number of
liberty-loving patriots like you.

So, I'm asking you personally -- please share
my message with everyone you think will help. . .

. . . Ask them to please sign the "STOP THE
SCHIFF/NADLER DEEP STATE SPYING SHAM" petition immediately as
well.
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Then, please consider making your most
generous financial contribution of $50 to help Campaign for
Liberty mobilize more patriots to defend our freedoms and stop
spying abuses!
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Please act at once.








Dear Fellow Patriot,
Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jerry Nadler's (D-NY)
allegiance to the Deep State is astonishing.
These are the same Deep State stooges who
pushed impeachment through for Nancy Pelosi and their statist
puppet masters.

Now, with a congressional showdown over
reauthorization of the so-called "USA Freedom Act" -- the phony
reform Congress replaced Section 215 of the "PATRIOT Act" with in
2015 -- coming to a head, Schiff and Nadler are pushing their own
scheme to keep Deep State spying running at full blast!

Your action today could decide whether
Congress chomps down on Rep. Schiff and Rep. Nadler's scheme to
continue Deep State domestic spying powers they've PROVEN they'll
abuse -- all under the guise of "reform!"

You see, the House Judiciary Committee
scheduled to take up Schiff & Nadler's Deep State Spying scheme
TODAY -- so there isn't much time!

So, will you please sign the "STOP THE
SCHIFF/NADLER DEEP STATE SPYING SHAM" petition I've prepared for
you immediately?

As you'll see, these petitions DEMAND that
your U.S. Representative, Senators, and the President oppose the
Schiff/Nadler Deep State Spying Bill and any reauthorization of
the Deep State's spying powers on American citizens.

While being sold as a "reform" because it
says government must eventually destroy records they seize (if
they feel like it), the Schiff/Nadler Deep State Spying scheme is
every bit as bad as what's already on the books.

That's not surprising. They snuck
legislation out mere hours before taking it up in Nadler's House
Judiciary Committee.

The truth is, the Schiff/Nadler Deep State
Spying scheme keeps the Section 215 mandate that communications
companies act as the NSA's filing cabinet and requires they jump
whenever the NSA tells them. So the Schiff/ Nadler "reform" is
meaningless.

In other words, every American's emails,
phone records, text messages, Internet searches, instant
messages, online purchases, and Facebook posts will still be
forcibly collected, stored, and searched -- effectively whenever
the Deep State wants.

It's only going to get worse as the rest of
the committees of jurisdiction (the House and Senate Intelligence
and Judiciary committees) rush to make the March 15 deadline --
before the "USA Freedom Act" expires.

To top it all off, it's no secret Deep State
sympathizers within the Trump administration are clamoring for
permeant reauthorization of ALL of the Deep State's domestic
spying powers.

Like always, the statists' excuse is
"security."

But regardless of what buzzword they use to
defend their assaults on our freedoms, their enemy is ALWAYS the
same.

It's our privacy. Our liberty. Our
"stupidity" for not trusting them enough.

Just like the PATRIOT Act, the so-called "USA
Freedom Act" traded real liberty for illusionary security. . .
this Schiff/Nadler Deep State Spying Sham is more of the same.

As are any of the other thinly-disguised
schemes that maintain the domestic surveillance state you and I
will see in the coming days.

Liberty-loving patriots MUST send Congress
the message loud and clear that REFORM IN NAME ONLY is
unacceptable!

The Deep State is hellbent on sending the
message that THEY (not the American people) are the ones really
in charge of our government.

And if they get their way, that nightmare
just may become true.

But you know the stakes.

No government in the history of mankind --
not even the Communist East German Stasi of yesteryear -- has
ever held the massive spying power our federal government holds
over law-abiding U.S. citizens today. . .

And no government in world history that's
ever sought this power has even been able to avoid the temptation
for abuse.

Once the "experts" in Washington, D.C. know
how we live, it's only a matter of time until they start trying
to "fix" us by telling us what we can and can't own, say, read,
believe, watch, think, listen to, and teach our kids and
grandkids. . .

The good news is, the Deep State's coup
attempt against the president revealed their true colors to many
Americans.

Not only that, but even Deep State apologists
like Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), are growing squeamish about
PERMANENT reauthorization of the USA Freedom Act.

They know there's abuse.

In fact, Feinstein even recently complained
Deep State officials couldn't even point to a SINGLE INSTANCE
where a terrorist was stopped because of these schemes, saying:

"You want the program to be reauthorized . .
. we have to have the reason to reauthorize."

So if you and I DO turn up enough heat, this
is a fight we can win.

For the future of
freedom's survival in America, this is a battle we MUST win.

Just since the lid was blown off our federal
government's domestic surveillance programs in the summer of
2013, we've seen story after story hit the press regarding NSA
abuses, including:

*** NSA employees spying on ex-lovers and
spouses -- a practice so common, the intelligence community has
come up with their own jargon, "LOVEINT," to describe it;

*** REFUSING to say whether or not they
spied on members of Congress, which would effectively destroy any
ability of our government's Legislative Branch to police this
rogue agency;

*** Effectively GUTTING attorney-client
privilege by holding confidential records.
There are literally thousands of examples of
abuse.
The FBI has become so emboldened, recent FOIA
documents show they apparently even targeted me with their
snooping programs.

This should be no surprise. Men aren't
angels. Neither are politicians and government bureaucrats.

What's made our country the greatest and
freest nation in human history is that our Founders created a
Constitution that's limited the power -- and therefore the damage
-- evil men can inflict.

But today, our Constitution's Fourth
Amendment -- which protects American citizens' right to privacy
from government -- is hanging by nothing but a thread.

With it, the protections you and I have
against the actions of evil men holding the reins of our own
government are dropping like flies.

Mass surveillance, bulk data collection,
warrantless searches, and all the rest of the infringements on
liberty inflicted on you and me since 9-11 have not increased
safety one iota.

Benjamin Franklin famously said, "Those who
would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

So, what would Franklin say about those who
trade real liberty for the Deep State's lies that they are
keeping us safe?

You and I must take a
stand. And now is the time we must fight.

The Schiff/Nadler Deep State Spying Sham is
leaving the station today and this whole fight over
reauthorization could all go down by mid-March.

You and I must send a STRONG message before
the die is cast.

That's why I've instructed Campaign for
Liberty staff to pull out all the stops using mail, email,
Internet ads, and even targeted radio and TV ads if I can raise
the resources in the limited time we have.

I've told them I'll personally ask you to
help fund it.

After all, I know you're just as worried
about the Deep State as I am.

So, I'm hoping you'll prove me right by
giving generously.

With time so short, I'm
really counting on you to act IMMEDIATELY.

So can I count on you to please sign your
petition to "STOP THE SCHIFF/NADLER DEEP STATE SPYING SHAM" right
away?

And if possible, please agree to a generous
contribution of $50.

I know that's a lot to ask for. But this
battle is so critical and I believe it's one of the most
important Campaign for Liberty has ever fought.

Of course, if $50 is just too much,
please agree to $25 or at least $10.
So won't you please join me in shouting "DOWN
WITH BIG BROTHER!" before it's too late -- before the idea of
American liberty is nothing more than a distant memory?
Please sign your "STOP THE SCHIFF/NADLER DEEP
STATE SPYING SHAM" petition immediately and pitch in with your
most generous gift of $50, $25, or at least $10
TODAY!
For Liberty,

Ron Paul
Chairman

P.S. The battle is on over reauthorization of
so-called "USA Freedom Act" -- the sham that replaced Section 215
of the "PATRIOT Act" and allowed the massive collection of
innocent Americans' emails, texts, phone calls, and online chats
to continue.

Now Surveillance State lackey's Adam Schiff
(D-CA) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) are desperate to prove their
dedication to their Deep State puppet masters with another phony
"reform" that maintains abusive domestic spying programs over you
and me.

But if you and I turn up enough heat on
Congress to stop reauthorization, I'm convinced we can bring the
statists' domestic spying programs to a crashing halt.

That's why I'm counting on you to please sign
your petition to "STOP THE SCHIFF/NADLER DEEP STATE SPYING SHAM"
and pitch in with your most generous contribution of $50,
$25, or at least $10 TODAY!

Because of Campaign For Liberty's tax-exempt status under IRC
Sec. 501(C)(4) and its state and federal legislative activities,
contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions
(IRC &sect; 170) or as business deductions (IRC &sect;
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