We're all suspects
- From: old.salt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:45:33 -0700
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From the Desk of Anthony D. RomeroExecutive Director, ACLU
Urge an immediate investigation into whether the FBI has been
engaging in out-of-control investigative activities.
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=z0dB48JhsvBV67HLe4l6Lg..
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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=LrUf43SL3cmDgHLilapUtQ..
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=KWcSiwiyBmO56mHyJTJLRQ..
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=pN7QHF77NQtak9LxwvEWTw..
In defense of freedom,
Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
ACLU
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