STOP THE EVIL AMERICAN GOVT MONSTERS, TERRORISTS and PSYCHOPATHS

["McGinn" <McGinn@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's true. Dick Cheney and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) have agreed that the
government should be able to access Americans' conversations and emails
without getting an individualized warrant. But that isn't all they're after.

Under the guise of responding to the NSA spying scandal, the Bush
administration and its allies in Congress are actually pushing for new ways
to invade your privacy, with unprecedented and dangerous spying legislation
crafted under Dick Cheney's supervision.

The bad news is, if these bills pass, our homes, cell phone records and
email inboxes will be laid bare to new kinds of government spying that are
currently completely illegal. The good news is that we have a chance to stop
these bills now, before White House pressure drives them to a speedy vote.

This August you can help generate a public outcry that will make Congress
think twice before they hand over even more power to the Bush
administration. Call your member of Congress today, and get the word out in
your local community with a letter to the editor.

This legislation is being characterized by some as "surveillance we can live
with," but the fact is it would vastly expand the government's power to
search and spy on Americans without any judicial checks, including reading
any email you send if the government does not know where all the recipients
are physically located.

Don't be deceived by claims the Cheney-Specter bill restores judicial
review. The legislation really tries to make warrants optional while
allowing a secret court to rubber-stamp surveillance of Americans, without
even knowing the names of Americans to be wiretapped or whether they've done
anything wrong. We are running advertisements and working with every contact
we have in the major news outlets to counteract the government's spin, but
we need your help.

If you've had enough of an administration that's proven itself grossly
indifferent to the rule of law and the balance of power time and time again,
on issues from warrantless spying, to secret kidnapping, to the unlawful
treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now is the time to say "NO MORE."

Just last week, President Bush and Attorney General Gonzales were pushing
Congress to rubber-stamp a new plan for military commissions at Guantanamo
that would violate U.S. law and the Geneva conventions, flying in the face
of the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the entire Bush-sponsored
system of detainee trials.

Use the links above to learn more about the Cheney-backed proposals and get
involved during this critical month of action. You can help get out the
truth about this bill and the dangers it poses.

Throughout August, we'll be calling on you to help cut through the White
House spin and tell Congress how toxic these bills are to our basic
freedoms. They need to hear the wave of opposition while they're on their
summer break. And we're counting on you to help turn the tide, by speaking
out at home and online.

Thank you for standing with us.