Tell Congress Not to Let Telcos Off the Hook for Illegal Spying
The Bush Administration is pushing legislation that could let telecommunications providers off the hook for illegally assisting the NSA's domestic spying program, and one of your Senators is on the key committee that can stop it. Take action now and defend your rights:
http://action.eff.org/fisa
In January 2006, EFF filed suit against telco giant AT&T for violating its customers' privacy and helping the NSA spy on millions of Americans' telephone and Internet communications. Congress is now considering a bill proposed by the Administration that could threaten cases like EFF's. That proposal appears intended to not only gut current privacy safeguards but also give blanket immunity to anyone who collaborated with the government's spying.
While no Congressional representatives have sponsored the Administration's proposal so far, we're hearing that the proposal could be attached to the intelligence budget authorization that the Senate Intelligence Committee will likely consider on May 17.
Don't let the Administration get away with it:
http://action.eff.org/fisa
For more on EFF's case against AT&T:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att
Washington Post, "Bust Wants Phone Firms Immune to Privacy Suits," (May 4, 2007):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302323.html
http://action.eff.org/fisa
In January 2006, EFF filed suit against telco giant AT&T for violating its customers' privacy and helping the NSA spy on millions of Americans' telephone and Internet communications. Congress is now considering a bill proposed by the Administration that could threaten cases like EFF's. That proposal appears intended to not only gut current privacy safeguards but also give blanket immunity to anyone who collaborated with the government's spying.
While no Congressional representatives have sponsored the Administration's proposal so far, we're hearing that the proposal could be attached to the intelligence budget authorization that the Senate Intelligence Committee will likely consider on May 17.
Don't let the Administration get away with it:
http://action.eff.org/fisa
For more on EFF's case against AT&T:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att
Washington Post, "Bust Wants Phone Firms Immune to Privacy Suits," (May 4, 2007):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302323.html
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