Eighteen Senate Democrats Who Betrayed Freedom...

Alert to all progressive Democrats: You need to know about the 18 Democrats in the US Senate who betrayed your trust yesterday. They voted for the FISA Amendments Act, which makes the terrible Protect America Act permanent.

Let me make this simple to understand. Here's what this new law means: The FISA Amendments Act 1) makes it legal for the federal government to spy on you electronically (Reading your email, listening to your telephone calls, watching what web pages you visit, including tracking you on Gather, following your financial transactions), 2) without any explanation of why they're doing it, 3) Without anyone outside of the Executive Branch knowing that it's being done, 4) Without oversight by Congress, 5) Giving telecommunications companies retroactive immunity for helping the government do this even before the Protect America Act was passed.

Every Republican who was in the Senate, including Republican John McCain, voted in favor of this totalitarian law. However, the law could not have passed without the help of 18 Democrats. The following Democrats in the Senate joined the Republicans to vote for this new law. They must be turned out of office. They deserve the support of Democrats no longer.

Max Baucus of Montana

Evan Bayh of Indiana

Tom Carper of Delaware

Bob Casey of Pennsylvania

Daniel Inouye of Hawaii

Tim Johnson of South Dakota

Herb Kohl of Wisconsin
Mary Landrieu of Louisiana
Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Barbara Mikulski of Maryland
Bill Nelson of Florida
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Mark Pryor of Arkansas
John Rockefeller of West Virginia
Ken Salazar of Colorado
James Webb of Virginia
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island

If you see the name of one of your senators here, please make a telephone call. Tell your senator what you think about the vote to use the Internet and telecommunications networks to spy against you. The number of the congressional switchboard is (202) 224-3121.