{"id":352,"date":"2011-05-20T10:11:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2011-05-20T10:11:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:11:37","slug":"patriot-act-renewal-up-for-a-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/20\/patriot-act-renewal-up-for-a-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot Act renewal up for a vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

… and this time it’s worse!<\/h3>\n

The House Judiciary Committee approved renewing three awful provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Extend through Dec 31st, 2017 Section 215 powers which let the government secretly grab information about you without a court order;<\/li>\n
  2. Extend through Dec 31st, 2017 roving wiretaps which let the government spy on people without even telling courts who they’re spying on;<\/li>\n
  3. Make permanent the “lone wolf” provision which lets strip the rights of American citizens and treat them under the lower legal standards reserved for enemy governments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The PATRIOT Act has increased the government\u2019s ability to spy on us without adding the oversight needed to make sure the FBI and other agencies are not abusing these powers.\u00a0 This bill will come before the full House soon and now is the time to contact our Representatives and Senators and tell them that they should stand up for the privacy of all Americans and against government surveillance.\u00a0\u00a0 Representatives Keating, Lynch and Tsongas were not with us and it vital that we contact them as well as a our Senators and tell them to defend our liberties!<\/p>\n

    You can email them<\/a> or call them at the numbers listed below:<\/p>\n