[Occupymendocino] reign in NSA spying. Contact your Congresspeople.

[ELLEN ROSSER]

Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Action <aclu at aclu.org>
3:51 PM (5 hours ago)
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Dear Ellen,

What an incredible sight!

Last weekend, ACLU members from across the U.S. were out in full force,
joining thousands of demonstrators who descended on Washington, D.C. to
deliver a crystal-clear message to the NSA and Congress: “Stop Watching
Us!”

This was the largest mobilization against NSA surveillance we’ve ever seen
and the energy was amazing. *Working with the Stop Watching Us coalition,
we delivered a petition with more than 570,000 signatures to Congress and
met with over 50 members’ offices.*

Even more ACLU supporters participated in the “Virtual Rally” through our
Facebook page, and we projected those photos on buildings all around the
nation’s capitol in a massive display of solidarity. *(We even met one ACLU
supporter who drove in from Detroit and saw his photo featured on a
building on U Street— Hi Scott!)*

*Now we have a key piece of legislation to support to roll back the
surveillance state—email your reps in Congress now and tell them to support
the USA FREEDOM
Act.*<http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cc5dcbae7f10a238a8df881f9ff263cecb89ebe2536b64954>


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Our efforts have captured prime coverage by local, national and
international media, and earned praise from leaders in Congress as well as
a message of support from Edward Snowden himself, the whistleblower
responsible for shedding light on the NSA’s secret surveillance programs.

So what’s next? *The good news is that all our work—in Congress, in the
courts, and now in the streets—is starting to pay off.*

On Tuesday, we finally got the opportunity we’ve been working for:
Representative Sensenbrenner (R-WI)—the architect of the Patriot Act—and
Senator Leahy (D-VT) introduced a bi-partisan bill, the USA FREEDOM Act, in
the House and Senate that will go a long way to reining in the NSA.

*The bill has a lot of momentum behind it, but the only way it has a chance
of reaching the floor of the Senate or House for a vote is if we get more
Senators and Representatives to support it.*

*Can you take 5 minutes to send an email through our easy-to-use system to
your Senators and Representatives asking them to co-sponsor and pass this
critical legislation?*<http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cd96f8819f336aeb8768dd749329633ab114c7e2da812a385>


The link above will take you to a page where you can use the pre-drafted
message or customize your own to automatically send an email to each of
your representatives.

We still have a long way to go to fully protect our privacy rights, but
getting our representatives to pass the USA FREEDOM Act is a tremendous
step forward. *Let’s make sure Congress gets it
done.*<http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cd96f8819f336aeb8768dd749329633ab114c7e2da812a385>


Yours in Liberty,
*Anthony for the ACLU Action team*

*P.S.* Check out all the amazing photos and video from the Stop Watching Us
rally, virtual rally and lobby day *on our Facebook
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