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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Tell Congress to rein in NSA spying
From Rand Paul 2016:
It's illegal.
That's what the New York-based 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously said about the NSA's bulk collection of American phone records earlier this morning.
As I've stated since the very beginning, the NSA's program of collecting billions of innocent Americans' phone records, texts, emails, Internet searches, and social media posts is blatantly unconstitutional.
The Founders included the Fourth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution to protect Americans' right to privacy from government snooping.
But the court didn't even need to address the program's constitutionality!
Please join me in taking our country back by adding your name right away.
While spy-state apologists point to the so-called "PATRIOT Act" as the source for legal authorization, the court noted the bill does nothing of the sort!
The entire scheme is flat-out ILLEGAL. Period.
I'm sure this is going to make my colleagues' skin crawl in Congress.
They want nothing more than to keep the national security spy state growing until it tracks, traces and catalogues virtually every detail about every aspect of our lives.
To them, the safety Americans yearn for can only be had under the watchful eye of Big Brother.
Of course, I know the legal wrangling over the NSA's domestic spying programs is far from over.
But with a fight brewing over renewal of the "PATRIOT Act" in Congress, I suspect this court's decision will only embolden some of my colleagues to enshrine the NSA's ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL spying schemes in federal law.
That's why I'm counting on your IMMEDIATE action.
Won't you please sign your End Illegal NSA Spying petition immediately?
It's absolutely critical that you do so.
I'm going to fight them with everything I have -- if I can count on your help.
The Founders understood liberty cannot long survive without privacy.
Most conservatives know government registration of firearms would ultimately lead to gun confiscation.
It's no different with the rest of our lives.
Once government bureaucrats know every aspect of our lives -- what we watch, what we buy, what we eat, where we worship -- it won't be long until they try to run them "for our own good."
After all, the Washington machine believes bureaucrats know best.
They couldn't be more wrong.
Out-of-control government has gummed up the wheels of our economy, leading to only 0.2% growth in the first quarter of this year.
It's sunk our nation in $18.2 TRILLION in debt.
Meanwhile ObamaCare is driving up health insurance premiums, shuttering hospitals and worsening the quality of American healthcare.
I know they say, "trust us."
But how can we?
How can we after the IRS targeted conservative organizations for harassment and intimidation?
How can we after the Justice Department spied on reporters who dared criticize this administration?
Even this entire NSA spying scheme is another example of an out-of-control government bureaucracy breaking the law to get what it wants.
Yet, more and more voices are now admitting these unconstitutional programs don't even work.
If our government used the legal tools it has to target terrorists -- instead of sifting through innocent Americans' information -- we could fight terrorism and uphold the Constitution.
But it's going to take a President who is willing to take the oath to uphold the Constitution seriously.
I ran for office because I feared the Washington machine was out of control.
I believed it was time for true patriots -- not career politicians -- to stand up and stop the madness.
Today, I'm running for President because we need a true, uncompromising voice for liberty.
And I'm going to fight any attempt by my colleagues in Congress to disguise the NSA's unconstitutional spying programs with a veil of legality.
But I must be able to count on your support.
First, please sign your End Illegal NSA Spying petition right away.
Second, please chip in your most generous contribution.
I don't know what you can afford.
My hope is you will be extra-generous and chip in $250, $100 or even $50.
If that's too much though, please chip in $25 or even $10.
The fight over NSA spying on innocent Americans is about to heat up in Washington, D.C.
I'm ready.
But I'm counting on you to please stand with me.
In liberty,
Rand Paul
It's illegal.
That's what the New York-based 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously said about the NSA's bulk collection of American phone records earlier this morning.
As I've stated since the very beginning, the NSA's program of collecting billions of innocent Americans' phone records, texts, emails, Internet searches, and social media posts is blatantly unconstitutional.
The Founders included the Fourth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution to protect Americans' right to privacy from government snooping.
But the court didn't even need to address the program's constitutionality!
Please join me in taking our country back by adding your name right away.
While spy-state apologists point to the so-called "PATRIOT Act" as the source for legal authorization, the court noted the bill does nothing of the sort!
The entire scheme is flat-out ILLEGAL. Period.
I'm sure this is going to make my colleagues' skin crawl in Congress.
They want nothing more than to keep the national security spy state growing until it tracks, traces and catalogues virtually every detail about every aspect of our lives.
To them, the safety Americans yearn for can only be had under the watchful eye of Big Brother.
Of course, I know the legal wrangling over the NSA's domestic spying programs is far from over.
But with a fight brewing over renewal of the "PATRIOT Act" in Congress, I suspect this court's decision will only embolden some of my colleagues to enshrine the NSA's ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL spying schemes in federal law.
That's why I'm counting on your IMMEDIATE action.
Won't you please sign your End Illegal NSA Spying petition immediately?
It's absolutely critical that you do so.
I'm going to fight them with everything I have -- if I can count on your help.
The Founders understood liberty cannot long survive without privacy.
Most conservatives know government registration of firearms would ultimately lead to gun confiscation.
It's no different with the rest of our lives.
Once government bureaucrats know every aspect of our lives -- what we watch, what we buy, what we eat, where we worship -- it won't be long until they try to run them "for our own good."
After all, the Washington machine believes bureaucrats know best.
They couldn't be more wrong.
Out-of-control government has gummed up the wheels of our economy, leading to only 0.2% growth in the first quarter of this year.
It's sunk our nation in $18.2 TRILLION in debt.
Meanwhile ObamaCare is driving up health insurance premiums, shuttering hospitals and worsening the quality of American healthcare.
I know they say, "trust us."
But how can we?
How can we after the IRS targeted conservative organizations for harassment and intimidation?
How can we after the Justice Department spied on reporters who dared criticize this administration?
Even this entire NSA spying scheme is another example of an out-of-control government bureaucracy breaking the law to get what it wants.
Yet, more and more voices are now admitting these unconstitutional programs don't even work.
If our government used the legal tools it has to target terrorists -- instead of sifting through innocent Americans' information -- we could fight terrorism and uphold the Constitution.
But it's going to take a President who is willing to take the oath to uphold the Constitution seriously.
I ran for office because I feared the Washington machine was out of control.
I believed it was time for true patriots -- not career politicians -- to stand up and stop the madness.
Today, I'm running for President because we need a true, uncompromising voice for liberty.
And I'm going to fight any attempt by my colleagues in Congress to disguise the NSA's unconstitutional spying programs with a veil of legality.
But I must be able to count on your support.
First, please sign your End Illegal NSA Spying petition right away.
Second, please chip in your most generous contribution.
I don't know what you can afford.
My hope is you will be extra-generous and chip in $250, $100 or even $50.
If that's too much though, please chip in $25 or even $10.
The fight over NSA spying on innocent Americans is about to heat up in Washington, D.C.
I'm ready.
But I'm counting on you to please stand with me.
In liberty,
Rand Paul
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Oppose NSA spying
From Fight For The Future:
Dear Fight for the Future member,
Congress must think we’re easily fooled, or just not watching. That’s the only explanation.
Dianne Feinstein and a team of NSA cheerleaders in Congress are trying to sneak through a fake NSA reform bill that would actually give the government more power to continuously monitor our phone calls, text messages, email, and internet usage.
The most important thing to do right now: click here to stop fake fixes to NSA spying in its tracks.
If you think the NSA’s programs are bad now, wait until you see what they’d do with even more legal authority to spy on us in secret.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t really want to find out what they would do with unprecedented legal authority.
Click here to tell Congress that you’re NOT easily tricked. Demand that your reps stop the fake NSA fix from moving any further and pass real laws that end mass surveillance.
For the first time ever, public opinion is totally on our side -- but Congress can be super sneaky. The Senate Intelligence Committee debated and modified Feinstein’s bill in secrecy, and already they’ve been spreading misinformation about it, claiming that it ends NSA bulk collection when really it expands and protects it.
It’s up to us to make sure that our friends and family aren’t fooled by NSA defenders. Forward this email to anyone who might sign, and use the buttons below to share.
We can kill this bill. But we can’t waste any time. The NSA’s defenders have already rammed this through the Intelligence Committee (who are supposed to be keeping the NSA in check), and it will be heading for a vote on the Senate floor soon.
Click here to tell your lawmakers not to be fooled by the fake NSA fix.
Thanks for all you do.
Evan
Fight for the Future
Dear Fight for the Future member,
Congress must think we’re easily fooled, or just not watching. That’s the only explanation.
Dianne Feinstein and a team of NSA cheerleaders in Congress are trying to sneak through a fake NSA reform bill that would actually give the government more power to continuously monitor our phone calls, text messages, email, and internet usage.
The most important thing to do right now: click here to stop fake fixes to NSA spying in its tracks.
If you think the NSA’s programs are bad now, wait until you see what they’d do with even more legal authority to spy on us in secret.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t really want to find out what they would do with unprecedented legal authority.
Click here to tell Congress that you’re NOT easily tricked. Demand that your reps stop the fake NSA fix from moving any further and pass real laws that end mass surveillance.
For the first time ever, public opinion is totally on our side -- but Congress can be super sneaky. The Senate Intelligence Committee debated and modified Feinstein’s bill in secrecy, and already they’ve been spreading misinformation about it, claiming that it ends NSA bulk collection when really it expands and protects it.
It’s up to us to make sure that our friends and family aren’t fooled by NSA defenders. Forward this email to anyone who might sign, and use the buttons below to share.
We can kill this bill. But we can’t waste any time. The NSA’s defenders have already rammed this through the Intelligence Committee (who are supposed to be keeping the NSA in check), and it will be heading for a vote on the Senate floor soon.
Click here to tell your lawmakers not to be fooled by the fake NSA fix.
Thanks for all you do.
Evan
Fight for the Future
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Help Ron Paul fight government tyranny
From Campaign For Liberty:
For decades, I've been warning about the dangers of U.S. government surveillance programs being used against American citizens.
Of course, snoop-state insiders laughed at me every time I raised concerns about allowing the federal government to read the emails, monitor the online activity, and seize the phone records of Americans without obtaining a warrant.
But no one is laughing now . . .
That's why I'm counting on you to sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to show you stand with Campaign for Liberty on this issue IMMEDIATELY.
I'll give you the link in a moment, but first let me explain why it's critical you and I stop federal snoops from casting fishing nets over the lives, histories, and data of hardworking Americans.
As I'm sure you know, last week, news reports revealed that Barack Obama's National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping through the emails and phone records of millions of Americans each and every day.
And the information that's surfaced so far is disturbing to say the least:
*** The NSA is collecting and storing HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of U.S. phone records;
*** The NSA is gathering audio, video, email, photographic, and Internet search usage of Americans who use major providers such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo;
*** Overall, the NSA collected 97 BILLION pieces of intelligence from computer networks in March 2013 alone and three billion pieces of intelligence from U.S. computer networks over a 30-day period.
If you agree that Barack Obama's out-of-control NSA must be stopped, please sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to show you stand with Campaign for Liberty on this issue IMMEDIATELY.
There's not a moment to waste.
Already, knee-jerk defenders of the police state are circling the wagons around Barack Obama's illegal wiretapping and surveillance of American citizens.
In fact, Senator Lindsey Graham said he's "glad" the government was seizing Verizon customers' phone records - including his own - because it needed to know "what the enemy was up to."
Unlike Senator Graham, I don't believe the government needs to know more about what innocent Americans are doing in their daily lives.
Instead, you and I need to know more about what Barack Obama's NSA is up to.
You see, not only does the NSA's snooping program violate the Fourth Amendment freedoms of the American people, but it also opens the door for massive fraud and abuse.
Think about it.
The government is looking at every Internet click, every email, and every phone call, and they're using phone GPS systems to track Americans.
Here's how the NSA's program works.
There's a computer program with an algorithm written to analyze the massive amount of data coming in and determine whether or not someone fits the description of a terrorist and should be watched.
If the program labels you a potential threat, then snoop-state insiders can access your emails, phone calls, and other private records to see what you've been doing.
After Barack Obama's IRS recently got caught targeting those who oppose his Big Government policies, and Eric Holder's Department of Justice was found to be seizing the phone records of reporters, why should the American people trust bureaucrats in the federal government to protect their Fourth Amendment freedoms?
How long before someone changes the program to target gun owners?
How long before the program is tweaked to target people based on voting records and political beliefs?
I don't know about you, but I don't want to find out.
That's why I'm counting on you to sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to Campaign for Liberty IMMEDIATELY.
With your help, Campaign for Liberty can send powerful emails and run Facebook and Internet banner ads to shine a public spotlight on the NSA's wiretapping, eavesdropping, and spying on American citizens.
But I'm afraid that simply won't be enough.
Campaign for Liberty staff tells me if they pull out all the stops, there's an additional twelve million folks they can reach through targeted direct mail and phone programs.
And finally, if they can raise the resources, Campaign for Liberty would also like to run hard-hitting newspaper, radio, and TV ads explaining exactly what Barack Obama and the rest of the snoop-state insiders at the NSA are up to.
The American people are in shock over the NSA's surveillance program - and they're looking for answers.
And since you and I have been sounding the alarm for years about the government spying on American citizens, this is a real opportunity to reach out and bring more individuals into our Liberty Movement.
So please sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to Campaign for Liberty.
Don't let Barack Obama's mouthpieces in the media get away with sweeping this issue under the rug.
Please sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to Campaign for Liberty right away.
In Liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
P.S. Last week, news reports revealed that Barack Obama's National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping through the emails and phone records of millions of Americans each and every day.
Of course, in typical statist fashion, knee-jerk defenders of the police state are circling the wagons around Barack Obama and his NSA.
You and I must not allow snoop-state insiders to sweep this issue under the rug.
That's why I'm counting on you to sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to show you stand with Campaign for Liberty on this issue IMMEDIATELY.
To sign petition:click here
For decades, I've been warning about the dangers of U.S. government surveillance programs being used against American citizens.
Of course, snoop-state insiders laughed at me every time I raised concerns about allowing the federal government to read the emails, monitor the online activity, and seize the phone records of Americans without obtaining a warrant.
But no one is laughing now . . .
That's why I'm counting on you to sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to show you stand with Campaign for Liberty on this issue IMMEDIATELY.
I'll give you the link in a moment, but first let me explain why it's critical you and I stop federal snoops from casting fishing nets over the lives, histories, and data of hardworking Americans.
As I'm sure you know, last week, news reports revealed that Barack Obama's National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping through the emails and phone records of millions of Americans each and every day.
And the information that's surfaced so far is disturbing to say the least:
*** The NSA is collecting and storing HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of U.S. phone records;
*** The NSA is gathering audio, video, email, photographic, and Internet search usage of Americans who use major providers such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo;
*** Overall, the NSA collected 97 BILLION pieces of intelligence from computer networks in March 2013 alone and three billion pieces of intelligence from U.S. computer networks over a 30-day period.
If you agree that Barack Obama's out-of-control NSA must be stopped, please sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to show you stand with Campaign for Liberty on this issue IMMEDIATELY.
There's not a moment to waste.
Already, knee-jerk defenders of the police state are circling the wagons around Barack Obama's illegal wiretapping and surveillance of American citizens.
In fact, Senator Lindsey Graham said he's "glad" the government was seizing Verizon customers' phone records - including his own - because it needed to know "what the enemy was up to."
Unlike Senator Graham, I don't believe the government needs to know more about what innocent Americans are doing in their daily lives.
Instead, you and I need to know more about what Barack Obama's NSA is up to.
You see, not only does the NSA's snooping program violate the Fourth Amendment freedoms of the American people, but it also opens the door for massive fraud and abuse.
Think about it.
The government is looking at every Internet click, every email, and every phone call, and they're using phone GPS systems to track Americans.
Here's how the NSA's program works.
There's a computer program with an algorithm written to analyze the massive amount of data coming in and determine whether or not someone fits the description of a terrorist and should be watched.
If the program labels you a potential threat, then snoop-state insiders can access your emails, phone calls, and other private records to see what you've been doing.
After Barack Obama's IRS recently got caught targeting those who oppose his Big Government policies, and Eric Holder's Department of Justice was found to be seizing the phone records of reporters, why should the American people trust bureaucrats in the federal government to protect their Fourth Amendment freedoms?
How long before someone changes the program to target gun owners?
How long before the program is tweaked to target people based on voting records and political beliefs?
I don't know about you, but I don't want to find out.
That's why I'm counting on you to sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to Campaign for Liberty IMMEDIATELY.
With your help, Campaign for Liberty can send powerful emails and run Facebook and Internet banner ads to shine a public spotlight on the NSA's wiretapping, eavesdropping, and spying on American citizens.
But I'm afraid that simply won't be enough.
Campaign for Liberty staff tells me if they pull out all the stops, there's an additional twelve million folks they can reach through targeted direct mail and phone programs.
And finally, if they can raise the resources, Campaign for Liberty would also like to run hard-hitting newspaper, radio, and TV ads explaining exactly what Barack Obama and the rest of the snoop-state insiders at the NSA are up to.
The American people are in shock over the NSA's surveillance program - and they're looking for answers.
And since you and I have been sounding the alarm for years about the government spying on American citizens, this is a real opportunity to reach out and bring more individuals into our Liberty Movement.
So please sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to Campaign for Liberty.
Don't let Barack Obama's mouthpieces in the media get away with sweeping this issue under the rug.
Please sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to Campaign for Liberty right away.
In Liberty,
Ron Paul
Chairman
P.S. Last week, news reports revealed that Barack Obama's National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping through the emails and phone records of millions of Americans each and every day.
Of course, in typical statist fashion, knee-jerk defenders of the police state are circling the wagons around Barack Obama and his NSA.
You and I must not allow snoop-state insiders to sweep this issue under the rug.
That's why I'm counting on you to sign your Fourth Amendment Pledge of Support to show you stand with Campaign for Liberty on this issue IMMEDIATELY.
To sign petition:click here
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