Hi,
The Wall Street Journal just dropped a bombshell! The federal government,
through a top-secret court, actually admitted that the FBI routinely
violates privacy laws and the Fourth Amendment by spying on Americans
without a warrant.^1
It gets worse: the FBI, NSA and CIA are asking Congress to reauthorize
even more warrantless spying on Americans by reauthorizing a notorious
provision of the Patriot Act. This is an urgent moment: Speak up right now
and tell your member of Congress to listen to constituents, not flawed
agencies like the FBI who continue to violate our privacy.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: don’t reauthorize more warrantless spying on Americans.
Congress has until December to decide whether or not to reauthorize
Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Section 215 allows government agencies
like the FBI to collect phone calls, text messages, medical records,
financial transactions and real-time location data, without needing a
warrant or suspicion of a crime.
Edward Snowden revealed that potentially everyone’s personal information
is being sucked up by the government. It’s also important to note: not
everyone is surveilled equally. The FBI has a long and devastating history
of wrongfully and disproportionately spying on communities of color. Even
today that unlawful spying continues under the FBI's recent designation of
some Black Lives Matter activists as domestic terrorists.
Additionally, under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, people who communicate
with family and friends overseas are particularly exposed. This increases
the oppression immigrants and Muslim communities already experience in
this country.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: don’t reauthorize more warrantless spying on Americans.
The recent news that the FBI routinely violates privacy laws and the
Fourth Amendment is a big deal. It shows they can’t be trusted with even
more access to the personal and private lives of Americans. We need to
show Congress that the FBI should be held accountable, not given a free
pass.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: don’t reauthorize more warrantless spying on Americans.
Thank you for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Wall Street Journal, “FBI’s Use of Surveillance Database Violated
Americans’ Privacy Rights, Court Found,” [ [link removed] ]October 8th, 2019.
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