Received this e-mail from Senator Tom Udall (D. NM) today:
The National Security Administration (NSA) is collecting phone records from millions of Americans and vast amounts of internet data from US online companies. And we don't know what else.
I voted against the PATRIOT Act during the Bush administration precisely because I worried about this kind of invasion of Americans’ privacy. The bill simply doesn’t protect our civil liberties.
I understand that the government needs to have to ability to defend us against national security threats. But that doesn’t mean an unchecked ability to invade our privacy.
There needs to be more transparency. There needs to be more oversight. Join me in asking the Administration to provide straight answers on the NSA's collection of Americans' private information. Click here to add your name:
http://www.tomudall.com/...
Americans have a constitutional right to privacy. As a former Attorney General, I take the responsibility for protecting that right seriously.
We need to get to the bottom of this. We deserve answers. And if enough of us join together and demand more information from President Obama and his administration, I think we can get it:
http://www.tomudall.com/...
Thank you for your support on this critical issue.
Tom
You can click here to sign Udall's petition:
http://www.tomudall.com/...