Mr. Burton,
It deeply disturbs me that Barack Obama has voiced tentative support of HR 6304, the so-called "FISA compromise." I need Senator Obama to explain exactly why FISA, alone, is no longer sufficient to gather vital intelligence prior to his vote next week in the Senate on this legislation.
I hope the Senator will hold to his word, and filibuster ANY such bill that includes retroactive amnesty for acts by telecommunications firms that they should have been well aware were illegal, and violative of Americans' civil rights. The point is not to prosecute these companies, but to leverage future cooperation from them in discovering what exactly the Bush administration asked them to do without any oversight from the judiciary or the Congress. Giving blanket immunity could bury these facts from the American people for good, and that would be completely unacceptable.
I sent Chris Dodd $25 the last time he held the line on this dispicable legislation. I vow now that all my future donations for this campaign depend on Senator Obama's actions this coming week.
Thank you,
(signed)
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Here is mine:
I have been an ardent supporter of Senator Obama since John Edwards dropped out of the campaign. I voted for him in our precinct caucus and I've contributed a substantial amount (for me) to his campaign.
My continued enthusiasm for Sen. Obama will be tempered by his response to the FISA bill coming up in the Senate this week. He vowed last fall to do everything in his power to strip the bill of any retro-active immunity to telecom compainies for their involvement in illegal wire-tapping activities. He MUST live up to that vow. We need better Democratic leadership on this issue. The electorate has been bitterly disappointed with capitulation after capitulation to the current Administration.
Please Senator, keep your promise. It's time to take the United States of America back to a place of law and Constitutional Rights.
Sincerely,
-mnkid
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