From Freedom Press Action Fund:
The Trump administration may get even more power to spy on your personal communications — unless we speak out.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R–Arkansas) has introduced a bill that would permanently reauthorize an invasive surveillance program that violates your online privacy. Given this administration's hostility toward communities of color and activists, the reauthorization of this program would pose a particular threat to marginalized people in the United States.
Tell Congress that this is unacceptable: Do not reauthorize Section 702 spying.
Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act authorizes intelligence agencies (like the FBI and NSA) to scan in bulk phone calls, text messages and emails traveling across the internet. These agencies are supposed to target only people outside the United States, but they also sweep up massive amounts of Americans’ communications — without a warrant or any individualized suspicion of wrongdoing.
Section 702 is one of the surveillance programs Edward Snowden exposed. Now it's up to us to protect our online privacy from an administration that's notorious for abusing its power.
It’s common for the Section 702 dragnet to sweep up “family photographs, love letters, personal financial matters, discussions of physical and mental health, and political and religious exchanges” between Americans. While this sweeping authority was meant to protect us from the most serious threats to our national security, the FBI regularly uses it to sidestep Fourth Amendment protections and search Americans' personal information for matters entirely unrelated to foreign intelligence. Instead of letting this horrible surveillance dragnet expire, Cotton's bill would make it a permanent fixture of life in the United States.
Urge Congress to protect your online privacy and rein in mass government surveillance.
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Showing posts with label section 702. Show all posts
Showing posts with label section 702. Show all posts
Monday, July 3, 2017
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Susan Rice spying scandal misses the point
From Campaign For Liberty:
When it comes to the Susan Rice spying scandal and unmasking the names of Trump staffers “incidentally” picked up in foreign surveillance, the pundits are missing the forest for the trees.
The moment Susan Rice chose to unmask the names of Americans, and likely leak the details of their conversation throughout the Obama administration, it’s clear she had sinister intent.
Some argue what she did wasn't illegal under the dramatically expanded powers Congress unconstitutionally handed intelligence agencies in the name of "fighting terrorism."
But that's exactly the problem!
The real point of this whole ordeal is whether or not the government should have the power to get this information at all.
There’s no denying anymore that the Deep State is being politically weaponized.
And it’s only a matter of time until all of us feel the crunch.
For years, Campaign for Liberty has fought back against the surveillance powers being accumulated under the executive branch.
We warned Congress and the American people that left to their own devices, the Deep State and the administration that oversees it would abuse its authority.
Power corrupts. And the tools the Congress has empowered America’s spy agencies with are simply too powerful to be allowed to continue.
Susan Rice spying on the incoming administration to gain valuable political intelligence ought to be a criminal offense.
That it may not be one at the moment should concern every American. . .
You see if the government is allowed to continue “incidentally” collecting conversations between Americans and foreign citizens, eventually it won’t just be political staffers’ conversations they’re monitoring.
It’ll be yours and mine!
While Section 702 explicitly prohibits intentional targeting of American citizens, the Susan Rice spying scandal shows exactly how the program can be used to catch them “incidentally.”
The NSA regularly intercepts information of innocent Americans without any probable cause or warrant.
In fact, several other instances of abuse exist outside of the Susan Rice spying scandal like,
>>> Employees monitoring communications of their ex-boyfriends and girlfriends -- it occurred so often it was assigned the name, “LOVEINT”;
>>> In one instance, a “programming error” confused the US area code 202 (Washington, D.C.) for the Egyptian country code “20” intercepting a “large number” of calls placed from Washington;
>>> In 2011, the FISA Court (intended to “oversee” the surveillance) ruled that NSA collection of Internet communications violated the 4th Amendment because, even with their “minimization procedures,” the agency was still collecting 56,000 American emails a year.
Section 702 is precisely the type of surveillance used against the colonists that led our Founding Fathers to fight a revolution over!
That’s why this summer, when Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act comes up for reauthorization, you and I must be ready to mobilize on this opportunity.
I’m preparing an all-out assault on the surveillance state, but I need to know you’re with me.
That’s why I’ve prepared a brief Statement of Support for you to sign.
It lets Dr. Paul and I know that you’ll stand with Campaign for Liberty and the members of Congress who lead the fight against renewing Section 702 this summer.
Our efforts in 2015 led to a temporary expiration of the controversial Patriot Act provisions, preventing Congress from further watering down the so-called “USA FREEDOM Act.”
Americans must demand that Congress stop the mass surveillance of innocent Americans’ communications and conduct a full Congressional investigation into the Susan Rice spying scandal.
I’ll be sure to follow-up with more information detailing our plans and how you can help to fight back against illegal spying.
But for now, I hope you’ll sign your Statement of Support and chip in $10 or even $20 to let us know you’re ready for a fight!
In Liberty,
Norm Singleton
President
P.S. The warrantless surveillance of Americans like that of the Trump staffers by political cronies like Susan Rice must be stopped!
Please sign your Statement of Support and chip in whatever you can afford today to help Campaign for Liberty prepare our all-out assault on the Deep State this summer.
When it comes to the Susan Rice spying scandal and unmasking the names of Trump staffers “incidentally” picked up in foreign surveillance, the pundits are missing the forest for the trees.
The moment Susan Rice chose to unmask the names of Americans, and likely leak the details of their conversation throughout the Obama administration, it’s clear she had sinister intent.
Some argue what she did wasn't illegal under the dramatically expanded powers Congress unconstitutionally handed intelligence agencies in the name of "fighting terrorism."
But that's exactly the problem!
The real point of this whole ordeal is whether or not the government should have the power to get this information at all.
There’s no denying anymore that the Deep State is being politically weaponized.
And it’s only a matter of time until all of us feel the crunch.
For years, Campaign for Liberty has fought back against the surveillance powers being accumulated under the executive branch.
We warned Congress and the American people that left to their own devices, the Deep State and the administration that oversees it would abuse its authority.
Power corrupts. And the tools the Congress has empowered America’s spy agencies with are simply too powerful to be allowed to continue.
Susan Rice spying on the incoming administration to gain valuable political intelligence ought to be a criminal offense.
That it may not be one at the moment should concern every American. . .
You see if the government is allowed to continue “incidentally” collecting conversations between Americans and foreign citizens, eventually it won’t just be political staffers’ conversations they’re monitoring.
It’ll be yours and mine!
While Section 702 explicitly prohibits intentional targeting of American citizens, the Susan Rice spying scandal shows exactly how the program can be used to catch them “incidentally.”
The NSA regularly intercepts information of innocent Americans without any probable cause or warrant.
In fact, several other instances of abuse exist outside of the Susan Rice spying scandal like,
>>> Employees monitoring communications of their ex-boyfriends and girlfriends -- it occurred so often it was assigned the name, “LOVEINT”;
>>> In one instance, a “programming error” confused the US area code 202 (Washington, D.C.) for the Egyptian country code “20” intercepting a “large number” of calls placed from Washington;
>>> In 2011, the FISA Court (intended to “oversee” the surveillance) ruled that NSA collection of Internet communications violated the 4th Amendment because, even with their “minimization procedures,” the agency was still collecting 56,000 American emails a year.
Section 702 is precisely the type of surveillance used against the colonists that led our Founding Fathers to fight a revolution over!
That’s why this summer, when Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act comes up for reauthorization, you and I must be ready to mobilize on this opportunity.
I’m preparing an all-out assault on the surveillance state, but I need to know you’re with me.
That’s why I’ve prepared a brief Statement of Support for you to sign.
It lets Dr. Paul and I know that you’ll stand with Campaign for Liberty and the members of Congress who lead the fight against renewing Section 702 this summer.
Our efforts in 2015 led to a temporary expiration of the controversial Patriot Act provisions, preventing Congress from further watering down the so-called “USA FREEDOM Act.”
Americans must demand that Congress stop the mass surveillance of innocent Americans’ communications and conduct a full Congressional investigation into the Susan Rice spying scandal.
I’ll be sure to follow-up with more information detailing our plans and how you can help to fight back against illegal spying.
But for now, I hope you’ll sign your Statement of Support and chip in $10 or even $20 to let us know you’re ready for a fight!
In Liberty,
Norm Singleton
President
P.S. The warrantless surveillance of Americans like that of the Trump staffers by political cronies like Susan Rice must be stopped!
Please sign your Statement of Support and chip in whatever you can afford today to help Campaign for Liberty prepare our all-out assault on the Deep State this summer.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Section 702 destroys your civil liberties
From Campaign For Liberty (Ron Paul):
Unless we act now, grassroots liberty activists across the country could suffer the same fate as General Michal Flynn, President Trump's former national security advisor.
As you may know, General Flynn was forced to resign because of leaked information. . .
Information obtained by warrantless wiretapping authorized by Section 702 of the FISA Act.
Section 702 is supposed to only apply to warrantless wiretapping of foreigners, but snoop state agents have used it to gather information on American citizens who have contact — or may have had contact — with foreign citizens.
It’s a definition so broad that it encompasses almost every American!
Section 702 was even used to justify the mass surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden.
For years, critics of warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance warned that these powers could — and would — be used to harass and silence critics of the government. . .
Now with the takedown of General Flynn, our worst fears have been confirmed.
Prominent politicians and mainstream media figures are celebrating the use of unconstitutional surveillance which forced a member of the President’s cabinet to resign.
And they are calling for the "Deep State” — the network of "intelligence” agencies, their defenders and allies on Capitol Hill, and the “mainstream” media — to step up their efforts to undermine the Trump Administration. . .
If the Deep State can successfully target a prominent public figure like General Flynn, then what is to stop them from targeting grassroots Americans working to restore the government to its constitutional limits, end our hyper-interventionist foreign policy, and strike directly at the heart of the welfare-warfare state and crony capitalism by auditing — then ending — the Federal Reserve?
We have already seen attempts at the state level to silence pro-liberty activists by imposing burdensome regulations on them.
And of course, we have also seen the IRS's targeting of pro-liberty groups under the prior administration, as well as the IRS’s ongoing efforts to force Campaign for Liberty to divulge the names of some of our most loyal supporters.
We have even seen efforts to silence groups like Campaign for Liberty by preventing us from talking about a politician’s record in the months before an election.
Considering these ongoing efforts to criminalize Campaign for Liberty, is it really so unbelievable that the Deep State will also work to quash the liberty movement?
. . . Especially if they can do so with the enthusiastic support of establishment politicians and mainstream and (neo) conservative media?
The threat that the Deep State will use Section 702 and other surveillance powers to intimidate the liberty movement makes it all the more imperative that we act and act NOW to force Congress to restore the Fourth Amendment.
The good news is that we have an opportunity to do just that. . .
You see, unless Congress acts, Section 702 expires this year, guaranteeing that Congress will debate the future of warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance rule in the coming months.
Campaign for Liberty is already working to take advantage of this debate to not just kill Section 702, but also force Congress to further limit the ability of government bureaucrats to spy on us without a warrant.
Make no mistake: this will be a difficult battle.
Deep State allies on Capitol Hill and in the media, aided by lobbyists for the crony capitalists who profit by helping government take away your rights, will use every bit of their considerable influence to continue the ongoing assault on the Fourth Amendment and your liberties.
So is there any way I can count of you to help stop the Deep State by ending the surveillance state with a contribution of $15?
With the Flynn case demonstrating the real threat that warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance poses to the liberty movement, we must not let the opportunity to kill laws like Section 702 slip through our hands.
The fallout from the use of information obtained via warrantless wiretapping to take down General Flynn may have gained us new allies in or fight to end unconstitutional surveillance, both in Congress and in the administration.
Campaign for Liberty must reach out to potential new allies and make sure pro-liberty Americans are ready to stand with you and me in this battle.
We must also target wavering Senators and Representatives with targeted emails and banner ads on popular websites like Google and Facebook.
Campaign for Liberty members like you have already defied conventional wisdom in battles against unconstitutional mass surveillance.
In 2015, my son, Senator Rand Paul, successfully, if only temporarily, blocked renewal of three of the worst PATRIOT Act provisions. . .
The only reason Rand was able to do this was because Campaign for Liberty members like you helped us turn up the heat on Senators by flooding their offices with phone calls, faxes, and emails. . . plus we were able to target key Senators with Banner Bombs in their states.
If we can duplicate this effort — but on a much larger scale — I am confident we can repeal Section 702 and other unconstitutional laws authoring government spying on innocent citizens.
So if $15 is too much, is there any way I can a can count on you for a special contribution of $10?
Unless we act now, grassroots liberty activists across the country could suffer the same fate as General Michal Flynn, President Trump's former national security advisor.
As you may know, General Flynn was forced to resign because of leaked information. . .
Information obtained by warrantless wiretapping authorized by Section 702 of the FISA Act.
Section 702 is supposed to only apply to warrantless wiretapping of foreigners, but snoop state agents have used it to gather information on American citizens who have contact — or may have had contact — with foreign citizens.
It’s a definition so broad that it encompasses almost every American!
Section 702 was even used to justify the mass surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden.
For years, critics of warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance warned that these powers could — and would — be used to harass and silence critics of the government. . .
Now with the takedown of General Flynn, our worst fears have been confirmed.
Prominent politicians and mainstream media figures are celebrating the use of unconstitutional surveillance which forced a member of the President’s cabinet to resign.
And they are calling for the "Deep State” — the network of "intelligence” agencies, their defenders and allies on Capitol Hill, and the “mainstream” media — to step up their efforts to undermine the Trump Administration. . .
If the Deep State can successfully target a prominent public figure like General Flynn, then what is to stop them from targeting grassroots Americans working to restore the government to its constitutional limits, end our hyper-interventionist foreign policy, and strike directly at the heart of the welfare-warfare state and crony capitalism by auditing — then ending — the Federal Reserve?
We have already seen attempts at the state level to silence pro-liberty activists by imposing burdensome regulations on them.
And of course, we have also seen the IRS's targeting of pro-liberty groups under the prior administration, as well as the IRS’s ongoing efforts to force Campaign for Liberty to divulge the names of some of our most loyal supporters.
We have even seen efforts to silence groups like Campaign for Liberty by preventing us from talking about a politician’s record in the months before an election.
Considering these ongoing efforts to criminalize Campaign for Liberty, is it really so unbelievable that the Deep State will also work to quash the liberty movement?
. . . Especially if they can do so with the enthusiastic support of establishment politicians and mainstream and (neo) conservative media?
The threat that the Deep State will use Section 702 and other surveillance powers to intimidate the liberty movement makes it all the more imperative that we act and act NOW to force Congress to restore the Fourth Amendment.
The good news is that we have an opportunity to do just that. . .
You see, unless Congress acts, Section 702 expires this year, guaranteeing that Congress will debate the future of warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance rule in the coming months.
Campaign for Liberty is already working to take advantage of this debate to not just kill Section 702, but also force Congress to further limit the ability of government bureaucrats to spy on us without a warrant.
Make no mistake: this will be a difficult battle.
Deep State allies on Capitol Hill and in the media, aided by lobbyists for the crony capitalists who profit by helping government take away your rights, will use every bit of their considerable influence to continue the ongoing assault on the Fourth Amendment and your liberties.
So is there any way I can count of you to help stop the Deep State by ending the surveillance state with a contribution of $15?
With the Flynn case demonstrating the real threat that warrantless wiretapping and mass surveillance poses to the liberty movement, we must not let the opportunity to kill laws like Section 702 slip through our hands.
The fallout from the use of information obtained via warrantless wiretapping to take down General Flynn may have gained us new allies in or fight to end unconstitutional surveillance, both in Congress and in the administration.
Campaign for Liberty must reach out to potential new allies and make sure pro-liberty Americans are ready to stand with you and me in this battle.
We must also target wavering Senators and Representatives with targeted emails and banner ads on popular websites like Google and Facebook.
Campaign for Liberty members like you have already defied conventional wisdom in battles against unconstitutional mass surveillance.
In 2015, my son, Senator Rand Paul, successfully, if only temporarily, blocked renewal of three of the worst PATRIOT Act provisions. . .
The only reason Rand was able to do this was because Campaign for Liberty members like you helped us turn up the heat on Senators by flooding their offices with phone calls, faxes, and emails. . . plus we were able to target key Senators with Banner Bombs in their states.
If we can duplicate this effort — but on a much larger scale — I am confident we can repeal Section 702 and other unconstitutional laws authoring government spying on innocent citizens.
So if $15 is too much, is there any way I can a can count on you for a special contribution of $10?
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