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<br>Dear Ellen,<br><br>What an incredible sight! <br><br>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!” <br>
<br>This was the largest mobilization against NSA surveillance we’ve ever seen and the energy was amazing. <b>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.</b> <br>
<br>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. <i>(We even met one ACLU supporter who drove in from Detroit and saw his photo featured on a building on U Street— Hi Scott!)</i> <br>
<br><a href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cc5dcbae7f10a238a8df881f9ff263cecb89ebe2536b64954" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b>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.</b></a> <br>
<br><u></u><a href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cc5107cc2c2b1fee452486e0d450913fc12d1e5e29967cfd8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><img src="http://image.actions.aclu.org/lib/fe9315707063007477/m/1/march+small.jpeg" alt="Take action now" height="229" width="279"></a><u></u> <u></u><a href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cc5107cc2c2b1fee452486e0d450913fc12d1e5e29967cfd8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><img src="http://image.actions.aclu.org/lib/fe9315707063007477/m/1/Rally+capitol+2+small.jpg" alt="Take action now" height="229" width="279"></a><u></u> <br>
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<br>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. <br>
<br>So what’s next? <b>The good news is that all our work—in Congress, in the courts, and now in the streets—is starting to pay off.</b> <br><br><span class="aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="aQJ" style>On Tuesday</span></span>, 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. <br>
<br><b>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.</b> <br><br><a href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cd96f8819f336aeb8768dd749329633ab114c7e2da812a385" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b>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?</b></a> <br>
<br>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. <br><br>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. <a href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161cd96f8819f336aeb8768dd749329633ab114c7e2da812a385" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b>Let’s make sure Congress gets it done.</b></a> <br>
<br>Yours in Liberty,<br><strong>Anthony for the ACLU Action team</strong> <b><br><br>P.S.</b> Check out all the amazing photos and video from the Stop Watching Us rally, virtual rally and lobby day <a href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1df3746a41b3161c9b2cb63dd59a3a1413c536843ef0bbd28631b495fec10b94" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b>on our Facebook page.</b></a></font></td>
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