Tell Obama to stop spying on American citizens

From Free Press Action Fund:

President Obama just met with Sen. Ron Wyden and others about the NSA's overreaching surveillance programs. And as early as next week, the president will announce whether he intends to reform the government’s spying apparatus. But will President Obama side with the public — which wants to end these programs — or will he cave?

As Sen. Wyden said yesterday, this is crunch time. Let’s push President Obama to support the USA Freedom Act.

Passing this bill is the first step toward restoring our right to privacy online. Sign now and we’ll deliver your signature straight to the White House.

Thanks,

Josh

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Tell President Obama: Support the USA Freedom Act

The White House just released a series of recommendations for the NSA’s surveillance programs.1 The report is a positive step in the push to end the mass surveillance of millions of people.

But on their own these recommendations would do nothing to stop the NSA’s invasive programs. And some suggestions — like the notion that companies like AT&T and Verizon, rather than the NSA, should retain bottomless troves of our personal data — could prove even more harmful to our rights to connect and communicate in private.

The president needs to support the recommendations that would stop mass surveillance. And his next step should be to support the USA Freedom Act.

Tell President Obama to Stand Up for the USA Freedom Act

This week’s report echoes what we’re hearing from the courts and Congress. Just this week, a federal court ruled that collecting “metadata” on millions of peoples’ phone calls is likely unconstitutional.1 This is the program that the bipartisan USA Freedom Act — which more and more members of Congress are in favor of — would end.

Urge President Obama to Support the USA Freedom Act

Obama once said that “there is no reason we cannot fight terrorism while maintaining our civil liberties.”

We agree. That’s why the president should heed the panel’s recommendations — and get behind the USA Freedom Act.

Thanks,

Josh, Jen, Misty, Amy and the rest of the Free Press Action Fund team

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