Telecom immunity is up again - get on the phone

[bean fidhleir]

From a True Majority mailing:

For months now, we've been talking about the Bush Administration's demands of immunity for phone companies guilty of illegally spying on Americans.

Now, the President is at it again. Just yesterday, the Politico newspaper reported that the administration is, "now in a position where they want to talk about a possible compromise".1 We've seen this before. Every month or so, the White House floats a new trial-balloon of a possible compromise bill which inevitably includes immunity for phone companies.

Call House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer right now and tell him to keep telecom immunity off the table.


Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
202.225.3130



As the House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer must stand with the true majority of Americans. Let him know any compromise that provides Bush, Cheney, and their partners at big telecom with amnesty is unacceptable.

Then, let us know how your call went:
http://www.TrueMajority.org/FISAcall


It's hard to overstate how much is at stake in this battle. Passing retroactive immunity would put an end once and for all to lawsuits which have the potential to expose the full extent of Bush's illegal wiretapping program. This is literally one of the last avenues we have to hold the Bush administration accountable before they leave office. On this question, there can be no doubt, immunity for phone companies is the same as immunity for George Bush and Dick Cheney.

Thanks to your efforts as well as those of our allies like the ACLU, Credo Wireless, DFA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Sen. Chris Dodd, every time this issue has come for a vote - we've come away victorious.

Make the call today. Let's keep that winning streak going.

-Ilya

Ilya Sheyman
Online Organizer


1 politico(dot)com/news/stories/0408/9307.html

[ck4829]

1. K&R

[lonestarnot]

2. Ring Ring Ring.

[jtrockville]

3. Thanks. FWIW I called. (nt)

[VP505]

4. FAX on the way!

:patriot:

[bean fidhleir]

5. bumpitty-bump

[annabanana]

6. kickety kick!.. . . . .n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. Just called. I was told "thank you for your comment".

[ThomWV]

8. A quick "Thank you sir" was all they said - but it took 3 calls to get through

They seem to be busy, let's keep them that way.

Please call, it only takes a moment, they will not quiz you, they will not intimidate you, they will simply add you to the number who opposes immunity. The bigger the number of people who call the better.

[ThomWV]

9. Kick this back up where it belongs

[InsultComicDog]

10. kickety kickety

:kick:

[JDPriestly]

11. I e-mailed my congressman.

[bean fidhleir]

12. nog een bump voor de avondschrijvers

[bean fidhleir]

13. Are there really so few DUers who care about this issue???

[tbyg52]

14. I was wondering the same thing myself,

but then my excuse is that I just got on the computer for the first time since Monday evening.

K&R, anyway....

[ThomWV]

15. The people who visit DU are no more perceptive than the dolts who don't

Its not apathy, its stupidity. They aren't smart enough to understand the importance of this matter or the issue at hand. They do not understand that this one bill, and this one aspect of the bill (telecom immunity) is the only thing that presents any chance at all that anyone will be called to charges for 7 years of continuous illegal activity and much more importantly the loss of our Bill of Rights. We lose on this one we might as well elect McCain because its all over anyway.

[bean fidhleir]

16. Bumpity-bump

[L. Coyote]

17. Are ALL COMMUNICATIONS routed overseas to circumvent US law and the Constitution?

ASK your Congress member what crimes they want immunity for!!

Answer: Your Congress member is not permitted to know such things. >> THIS IS TRUE < > NOT A JOKE <<

Are ALL COMMUNICATIONS routed overseas to circumvent US law and the Constitution?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2245762

[spanone]

18. K&R

[bean fidhleir]

19. Desperation bump

**SURELY** there must be more than a couple dozen people at DU who are perceptive enough to care about this issue??