Dear Fellow Patriot,
This week, the U.S. Senate is expected to
vote on legislation renewing the USA FREEDOM Act, so I wanted to
make sure you saw Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's column
"Like Freedom, then you won't like the Freedom Act."
Dr. Paul explains how the misnamed U.S.A.
Freedom Act gives the government virtually unlimited power to
conduct warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance. He
explains how the bill's provisions supposedly limiting the
ability of the government to spy on Americans are filled with
loopholes so wide they render the "protections" meaningless.
I hope this article reinforces the importance
of our battle to stop renewal of the USA FREEDOM Act.
Please share it with your friends and family
so they can learn the truth about the USA FREEDOM Act and join
Campaign or Liberty's efforts to end all unconstitutional
surveillance.
Campaign for Liberty is supporting two Senate
amendments that would start to roll-back the surveillance state
and restore our constitutionally protected rights, while opposing
the underlying bill.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has an amendment
that would prohibit the use of the FISA court -- which serves as
a rubber-stamp for federal agencies -- to authorize surveillance
on American citizens.
Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Steve Daines
of Montana will be offering an amendment to require a warrant
before the federal government can obtain your Internet browsing
and search history.
Amendment votes could start tomorrow, so keep
an eye on your inbox for updates on this crucial fight.
And if you can, please chip in $100, $75,
$50, $25, or any amount you can afford to Campaign for Liberty's
efforts to defeat the USA FREEDOM Act.

In Liberty,
Norm Singleton
President



Like Freedom? Then You Won't Like the FREEDOM
Act
by Ron Paul, C4L Chairman


Last Monday, a bipartisan group of Senators
and a coalition including libertarian and progressive activists
thwarted a scheme to ram through the Senate legislation renewing
three provisions of the USA FREEDOM Act (previously known as the
USA PATRIOT Act). The bill had already been rushed through the
House of Representatives, and most expected it to sail through
the Senate. But, instead, Senate leadership had to settle for a
77-day extension.

Senate leadership was also forced to allow
consideration of several amendments at a later date. Included is
Sen. Rand Paul's amendment that would forbid the FISA court from
issuing warrants targeting American citizens.
Deep state supporters claim the expiring
business records provision (which authorizes the collection of
our communications and was at the center of Edward Snowden's 2013
revelations), lone wolf provision (which allows government to
subject an individual with no known ties to terrorists to
warrantless surveillance), and roving wiretaps provision (which
allows government to monitor communications on any device that
may be used by a targeted individual) are necessary to keep
Americans safe. But, since Congress first passed the PATRIOT Act
almost 20 years ago, mass surveillance, warrantless wiretapping,
and bulk data collection have not stopped a single terrorist
attack.
The legislation does have "reforms" aimed at
protecting civil liberties, but these new protections contain
loopholes that render the protections meaningless. For example,
the bill requires those targeted for surveillance to be notified
that the government spied on them. However, this requirement can
be waived if the government simply claims - not proves but just
clams - that notifying the target would harm "national security."
The notice provision also only applies to the
target of an investigations. So, if you were caught up in a
federal investigation because a coworker is being targeted and
you shared an office computer, or if a store clerk reported to
the government you and others bought pressure cookers, the
government could collect your phone records, texts, and social
media posts without giving you the chance to challenge the
government's actions.
The bill also makes some reforms to the
special FISA court, which serves as a rubber stamp for the
intelligence community. These reforms are mainly aimed at
protecting political campaigns and candidates. They would not
stop the FISA court from rubber-stamping surveillance on
organizations that oppose the welfare-warfare-surveillance-fiat
money status quo.
Anything limiting warrantless wiretapping and
mass surveillance should be supported. However, nothing short of
repeal of the USA FREEDOM Act will restore respect for our right
to live our lives free of the fear that Big Brother is watching.
The path to liberty, peace, and prosperity starts with
eliminating all unconstitutional laws and returning to a system
of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, sound
money, and a foreign policy that seeks peaceful commerce and
friendship with all instead of seeking new monsters to destroy.


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