[Peace-discuss] Tell Rep. Davis: Back Leahy-Sensenbrenner NSA reform bill

[Robert Naiman]

Our Congressional Representative in east central Illinois, Rodney Davis,
has a unique opportunity right now to help move the national debate on
reforming the National Security Agency by co-sponsoring Rep. Sensenbrenner
and Sen. Leahy's bipartisan NSA reform bill, *which has been endorsed by
the ACLU.* [1] Rep. Davis was one of the Republicans *who voted yes on the
Amash-Conyers amendment* to defund the NSA's blanket surveillance of
Americans. So it's *very plausible *that he'll support the Sensenbrenner
bill.
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Help us move Rep. Davis to back this NSA reform bill by signing & sharing
our petition to Rep. Davis. *The petition will be delivered automatically
to Rep. Davis when you sign it:*

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/rep-rodney-davis-back?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
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*The Leahy-Sensenbrenner NSA reform bill has been endorsed by the ACLU.* The
Guardian reported: “The legislation introduced today by Senator Leahy and
Representative Sensenbrenner *is a true reform bill* that rejects the false
and dangerous notion that privacy and our fundamental freedoms are
incompatible with security,” said Michelle Richardson, the ACLU’s
surveillance lobbyist. [2]

*Urge Rep. Davis to back this ACLU-endorsed NSA reform bill:*
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http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/rep-rodney-davis-back?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
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Sen. Patrick Leahy & Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner wrote in Politico:    "...the
dragnet collection of millions of Americans’ phone records every day -
whether they have any connection at all to terrorism - goes far beyond what
Congress envisioned or intended to authorize...it must stop...[Our
legislation] will put an end to the National Security Agency’s
indiscriminate collection of personal information. Our proposal, the USA
FREEDOM Act, provides stronger privacy safeguards with respect to a range
of government surveillance programs...The intelligence community has failed
to justify its expansive use of these laws. It is simply not accurate to
say that the bulk collection of phone records has prevented dozens of
terrorist plots. The most senior NSA officials have acknowledged as much in
congressional testimony. We also know that the FISA court has admonished
the government for making a series of substantial misrepresentations to the
court regarding these programs...We hope other lawmakers will join us in
our legislative efforts to ensure that such abuses are never repeated and
that no false trade-off between freedom and security is allowed to be
decided secretly, behind closed doors, ever again." [3]

*Help us move Rep. Davis to back Leahy and Sensenbrenner's bill.*

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http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/rep-rodney-davis-back?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
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Thanks for all you do to help hold public officials accountable to values
and interests of the 99%.

Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy

P.S. Ready to do more? *Call Rep. Davis' office, and ask them to co-sponsor
the Sensenbrenner NSA reform bill.*

*DC office: 202-225-2371*
Champaign office: 217-403-4690
Decatur office: 217-791-6224
Normal office: 309-252-8834
Taylorville office: 217-824-5117

P.P.S. *Ask the candidates. *Several candidates are running for the
Congressional seat currently held by Rodney Davis. If you see one of these
candidates,*ask them where they stand on NSA blanket surveillance. Urge
them to publicly back the Leahy-Sensenbrenner NSA reform bill. *That will
put pressure on Rep. Davis to support it.

-- 
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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