Urgent Legislation being debated this week.  Three provisions from the Patriot Act are up for renewal!

The Patriot Act is an assault on our Personal Liberties in so many ways and it's time to let our representatives that it goes against the very foundation of principles this country was founded on.  Individual Sovereignty.  The idea that We The People run this country.

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"

Benjamin Franklin

Here are the provisions:

• A secret court, known as the FISA court, may grant "roving wiretaps" without the government identifying the target. Generally, the authorities must assert that the target is an agent of a foreign power and/or a suspected terrorist. The government said Tuesday that 22 such warrants — which allow the monitoring of any communication device — have been granted annually.
• The FISA court may grant warrants for "business records," from banking to library to medical records. Generally, the government must assert that the records are relevant to foreign intelligence gathering and/or a terrorism investigation. The government said Tuesday that 220 of these warrants had been granted between 2004 and 2007. It said 2004 was the first year those powers were used.
• A so-called "lone wolf" provision, enacted in 2004, allows FISA court warrants for the electronic monitoring of an individual even without showing that the person is an agent of a foreign power or a suspected terrorist. The government said Tuesday it has never invoked that provision, but said it wants to keep the authority to do so.

Step 1: Go NOW and Take ACTION!  Call and Email Your Congressman!

Step 2: Just As Important as Step One!  Follow this link and let everyone know that urgent action is required.