Yup. They're joining the ACLU. Two of my favorite organizations. (A list that the '06 Congress, alas, is not on.)
On Sun, July 13, 2008 1:24 pm, Paul G. Allen wrote: > EFF is going to sue the Federal Government. > > PGA > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Help EFF Continue the Fight Against Warrantless Wiretapping! > Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:50 -0500 (CDT) > From: Electronic Frontier Foundation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Electronic Frontier Foundation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: EFF > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear Friend of Freedom, > > In a move that I can only describe as cowardice, Congress > just passed legislation meant to immunize telephone > companies for their illegal, disloyal, and irresponsible > behavior. EFF has been fighting against telecom immunity, > and we need your help to bring the fight to the next level: > > http://secure.eff.org/wiretapping > > Two and a half years ago, EFF sued AT&T on behalf of its > customers, seeking to hold the telecom giant responsible > for its craven complicity in the White House's illegal > warrantless wiretapping program. > > Since then, the phone companies and their allies in > Washington have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying > Congress to grant them retroactive immunity. They ran > ridiculous fear-mongering attack ads against any politician > who dared to oppose them. President Bush threatened to veto > any bill that allowed EFF's lawsuit to continue. > > Yesterday, Congress completely capitulated to the > President's threats and voted to let the telecoms off the > hook. If the telecoms are not held accountable, the > administration will remain unchecked in its warrantless > wiretapping of innocent Americans. This must stop! > > We need your help to take the fight to the next level. > We're going to challenge Congress's unconstitutional grant > of immunity in our case against AT&T. We're going to fight > for a congressional repeal of immunity in the next > Congress. And we're going to file a new lawsuit against the > government, challenging its warrantless surveillance > practices, past, present and future. > > Now, more than ever, we need your support! > > http://secure.eff.org/wiretapping > > The fight for civil liberties would never have come this > far without your help. We can't give up now. Help EFF > today! > > Sincerely, > Shari > > -- > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Shari Steele > Executive Director > Electronic Frontier Foundation > 454 Shotwell Street > San Francisco CA 94110 > http://www.eff.org/ > > Membership & donation queries: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > All other queries: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Paul G. Allen, BSIT/SE > Owner, Sr. Engineer > Random Logic Consulting Services > www.randomlogic.com > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
