Take Action: Stop PATRIOT Act reauthorization!

From the Bill of Rights Defense Committee:
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We have recently learned that both the House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees will mark up USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation this week. A floor vote in the House is expected the week of July 18th. Now is the time to tell your representative to protect civil liberties!

Some proponents of the PATRIOT Act are already pointing to the terrorist attacks in London as further justification for suspending the protections guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. While we all abhor these acts of terror, neither the recent attacks nor the September 11, 2001, attacks render our Bill of Rights obsolete.

Urge your representative to:
restore personal privacy;
restore due process;
respect First Amendment rights to assemble and to petition (criticize) the government;
limit the definition of "terrorism" to violent crimes perpetrated on human civilian targets for political gain;
prohibit all authorized prisoner abuse;
restore respect for the rule of law;
decrease government secrecy; and
respect the balance of power between the branches of government.
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