[OPLINLIST] FW: [ala-ifc] FW: EFF Alert: Tell your Representative to reject the PATRIOT Act sneak attack before tomorrow's vote! / ACLU: No More Extensions for the PATRIOT Act!

[Kent Oliver]

FYi.  There are a couple of very bad bills being fast tracked in the Congress right now regarding libraries and the so-called Patriot Act.

Kent

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-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Caldwell-Stone [mailto:dstone at ala.org] 
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 1:43 PM
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Subject: [ala-ifc] FW: EFF Alert: Tell your Representative to reject the PATRIOT Act sneak attack before tomorrow's vote! / ACLU: No More Extensions for the PATRIOT Act!


Tell your Congressperson to vote NO to the PATRIOT Act before tomorrow's
vote!  The PATRIOT reauthorization bill being fast-tracked to the House
floor contains NO reforms, and will be voted upon with NO debate and NO
opportunity for amendments to add oversight and accountability. Help
stop this sneak attack on your civil liberties.

https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=461

Last year, many important PATRIOT reform measures were proposed, and a
bill filled with powerful new checks and balances was reported favorably
out of the House Judiciary Committee.  But, as it ran up against the
deadline, Congress decided there was not enough time to fully consider
those reforms.  So, last year, Congress extended the "sunsetting"
sections of the law until the end of this February, with a promise to
fully consider the issues before the next deadline.

But now, in a legislative sneak attack, the new Republican leadership in
the House is trying to duck Congress' promise to consider PATRIOT
reform, and is instead pushing your Representative to rubber-stamp
another PATRIOT renewal.  The House leaders have just announced that
they'll be "suspending the rules" so that a bill introduced by Rep.
Sensenbrenner to extend the expiring provisions until December 8, 2011
will go to the House floor for a vote on Tuesday, without any debate and
without any opportunity for anyone to offer amendments to improve the
bill.

The expiring PATRIOT Act provisions should not be renewed, and certainly
not without any debate or any new checks and balances to prevent abuse
and  protect civil liberties.  Luckily, in order for the PATRIOT renewal
bill to pass on Tuesday, it has to receive a yes vote from a full
two-thirds of the House's members.  So a message from you, today, could
make the critical difference.  Contact your Representative today to make
clear that you oppose H.R. 514, the PATRIOT extension bill!

Take action now:
https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=461 
Sincerely,
Electronic Frontier Foundation

SEE ALSO:

ACLU:  No More Extensions for the Patriot Act!

This month, key parts of the Patriot Act are set to expire. This week,
the House will vote on a bill to extend those provisions until Dec. 8,
2011. We cannot let fear-mongering and scare tactics be an excuse for
continuing the outrageous abuses that are being perpetrated under the
authority of the Patriot Act.

https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=159
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