Dear Patriot,
Today at noon, the U.S. Senate will start voting on amendments to HR 6172, legislation renewing the misnamed USA FREEDOM Act (previously known as the USA PATRIOT Act).
The first votes are on amendments from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
It’s urgent you call your senators at 202-224-3121 immediately and tell them to oppose the McConnell Amendment and support the Daines-Wyden Amendment.
The amendment offered by Senator McConnell would explicitly grant the FBI power to seize your Internet search and browsing history!
It's vital you let your Senators know in no uncertain terms you expect them to oppose the McConnell Amendment!
Immediately after voting on the McConnell Amendment, they'll vote on the Daines-Wyden Amendment that requires a warrant before government can collect American citizens’ Internet searches and browsing history.
This amendment stops the use of Section 215 of the USA FREEDOM Act to justify the type of bulk data collection exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013.
Since passage of the PATRIOT Act, federal officials have claimed that Section 215 gives them the authority to collect our data without a warrant.
However, this claim has been disputed by a number of independent legal scholars.
The Daines-Wyden Amendment would resolve this dispute by making it clear that federal officials have no authority to collect your Internet browsing and search history -- let your Senators know you support this amendment.
These votes are only a few hours away. Please call your senators at 202-224-3121 immediately and tell them to oppose the McConnell Amendment and support the Daines-Wyden Amendment.
Internet searches and browsing history reveal intimate personal information about an individuals’ life that government officials have no right to know unless they have obtained a warrant demonstrating probable cause that collecting the information is relevant to a criminal investigation.
The FBI and other federal agencies have a long history of targeting Americans citizens based on their political activities. In fact, just last year we learned that Campaign for Liberty was likely targeted for FBI surveillance!
It’s urgent you call your senators at 202-224-3121 immediately and tell them to oppose the McConnell Amendment and support the Daines-Wyden Amendment.
Remember the voting on starts at noon -- so call IMMEDIATELY!
And please pass this on to your pro-liberty family and friends so they can get involved with our efforts to roll back the surveillance state.
And if you can, please chip in $100, $75, $50, $25, or whatever you can afford to help your Campaign for Liberty beat back the surveillance state.
In Liberty,
Norman Singleton
President
202-224-3121