THE INTERNET ARCHIVE, along with its counsel EFF and the ACLU, successfully challenged a national security letter issued to the Archive's digital library. The NSL, which had unconstitutionally gagged the Archive for months, was withdrawn, and we are now able to bring this story to the public for the first time. This settlement -- and the extensive dialogue about the case -- are critical supplements to widespread reports of NSL abuse. http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/06
ACTION ALERT: A NEW FISA BILL is being drafted behind closed doors. Although all may appear quiet in the House as it publicly focuses on other major legislation, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has been negotiating with Senator Rockefeller -- the architect of the terrible Senate bill that would fully immunize lawbreaking telecoms -- on a possible FISA "compromise".
Once a deal is struck, it could come to the House floor with little warning. So, please contact your Representatives now and remind them that we're watching -- and that they must not provide immunity for lawbreaking telecoms. http://stopthespying.org/
ACTION ALERT: AN OUTRAGEOUS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROPOSAL directs federal law enforcement agencies to collect DNA samples from anyone they arrest. This new proposal threatens to swell the government's DNA database with the sensitive genetic information of innocent people -- Americans involved in peaceful political protests, for example.
The public comment period will end on Monday, May 19, so now's time to speak out against this proposal that turns the principle of "innocent until proven guilty" on its head! http://www.eff.org/action/protectdna
