[CitizensTruth] FW: Urge President Obama to stop protecting Bush's crimes.

[andrew ritter]

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:15:58 -0500
From: act at credoaction.com
To: aroyboy44 at hotmail.com
Subject: Urge President Obama to stop protecting Bush's crimes.













 










Dear Andrew,




    
    
    
    
    
    
    Why is Obama
protecting Bush?


    
    
    
Ask President Obama to stop blocking court review of warrantless wiretapping by the Bush administration.










In the heat of the presidential campaign, then Sen. Barack Obama cast his lot with major telecommunications companies —
and AT&T specifically — by voting to give big telecom retroactive immunity for allegedly helping the White House illegally
spy on Americans. It was one of the most disappointing moments of the campaign.




However, as a candidate Obama did forcefully oppose the Bush administration's use of the "state secrets" privilege
to get cases thrown out of civil court.




But now, President Obama is using the "state secrets" defense to make the case that the United States government can never
be sued for surveillance that might violate federal privacy statutes.



Tell Obama: Stop blocking court review of illegal wiretapping.


On April 2, President Obama's lawyers invoked Bush's radical theory of executive power to argue for the dismissal of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation's litigation against
the National Security Agency for the warrantless wiretapping of countless Americans.




Of course, the government should be able to argue before a court that the public release of some information would unacceptably
damage national security. But many courts have handled national security information with appropriate safeguards, and the
mere assertion of "state secrets" without persuading a judge with evidence is just plain wrong.



When it comes to the abuse of "state secrets" defense, we agree with candidate Obama, not President Obama.  If EFF's case
against the NSA is dismissed, we may never know the extent of the Bush administration's illegal spying on Americans.




President Obama needs to hear from progressives on this issue. Click on the link below to join me and ask the president
to stop Justice Department lawyers from asserting "state secrets" privilege.


Mr. President: Let the courts decide if Bush administration
spying violated the constitution.



Sincerely,


Michael Kieschnick, President


CREDO Mobile from Working Assets



P.S. The Electronic Frontier Foundation continues
to lead the fight to protect Americans from illegal government spying. It is one of the civil rights groups CREDO Mobile
members are supporting with their phone bills this year. Click
here to learn more about our support for EFF and other progressive
causes.



















 






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