paranoid, murky. look out behind you!!!! On Sep 30, 5:39 am, "mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear ACLU Supporter, > > Bush and Mukasey are at it again. They've announced dangerous > new FBI guidelines that will severely jeopardize the personal privacy > of innocent Americans. These regulations need no congressional > approval and are terrifying. > > Just how far can the FBI go without any factual basis for suspecting > improper -- let alone illegal -- activity? > > Under far-reaching new guidelines proposed by Attorney General Michael > Mukasey, the answer is frightening. All the FBI has to do to put you > or any American under prolonged physical surveillance is assert an > "authorized purpose" such as detecting or preventing crime > or protecting "national security." > > Sound familiar? > > It's the same Bush/Cheney/Gonzales/Mukasey "just trust > us" policies that have been eroding our rights for the past > eight years. > > And like with Bush's government spying and torture programs, > there's a belief that government officials can ignore the law. > In fact, we have good reason to suspect that the FBI has been > violating its own internal guidelines all along and is now pushing > these new guidelines to cover up past wrongdoing. > > That's why we need to demand an investigation now, before these > outrageous guidelines are implemented. The Inspector General's > office at the Department of Justice has proven to be an unbiased, > internal watchdog that has consistently exposed wrongdoing. We need to > urge the IG to do it again. > > Act now. Sign our petition to the Department of Justice Inspector > General. Urge an immediate investigation into whether the FBI has been > engaging in out-of-control investigative activities. Go > to:http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=2W7O0nQ_EqRmISU91nyi4g.. > > These new guidelines would allow the FBI to interview you, your > friends and your family under a false pretext. The FBI could recruit > secret informants and have them infiltrate peaceful protest groups. > And the FBI could initiate investigations based on little more than > race, ethnicity or religion. > > The FBI could also search commercial databases for personal details > about your life with no real reason. > > And all of this would be allowed without an ounce of evidence that you > or anyone else has done anything wrong. > > Sign our petition to the Department of Justice Inspector General. > Act now at:http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=oy2lGXKKDTe_ib0-8nhfPw.. > > The last thing we can afford is to let the FBI claim out-of-control > investigative powers in the closing months of the Bush administration. > > Please act today to help us challenge this dangerous plan to put your > personal privacy at > risk:http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=cyIYJ5YAK13J3snLpC2aVg.. > > In defense of freedom, > > Anthony D. Romero > Executive Director > ACLU > > P.S. You can read the ACLU's letter to Glenn A. Fine, Inspector > General at the U.S. Department of Justice, by going > here:http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=wHPtTe9yLW6oa3icSMeFMg.. > > © ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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