jen writes “From the ACLU email newsletter:
On Thursday, July 31, the ACLU will be hosting a live online chat discussing the FBI’s broad new surveillance powers under the USA PATRIOT Act. Hear about the Fourth and First Amendment defects to a provision in the law that allows the government to obtain records or personal belongings from any person or entity, including public libraries, upon the mere showing of “relevance” to a terrorism investigation.
Ann Beeson, ACLU Associate Legal Director, will be answering questions about the USA PATRIOT Act from 1-2pm Eastern Thursday, July 31. Just visit www.aclu.org to join this important discussion.
And Here you can “thank or spank” your representative for their vote on the Otter Amendment to the PATRIOT Act – which is:
“The amendment — introduced by Rep. Butch Otter (R-ID) — would effectively prohibit implementation of one of the most controversial provisions of the PATRIOT Act, which permitted federal agents to obtain sneak and peek warrants in any criminal case, whether or not related to terrorism. Sneak and peek or “black bag” warrants, as they are also called, allow agents to search homes, confiscate certain types of property and essentially bug computers without notifying the subject of the search that it is happening.”
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