Petition to Filibuster PATRIOT Act

People for the American Way have an important campaign to stop the PATRIOT act from being reauthorized.

House and Senate leaders are very close to reauthorizing the PATRIOT act allowing this civil rights catastrophe to continue. PFAW have organized a petition to pressure our senators to filibuster the signing of this act.

Sign the petition here

From the PFAW email:

If passed:

• the Justice Department will retain the authority to investigate American citizens without judicial oversight, a power that is invoked more than 30,000 times each year.
• the government will still be able to search individuals' private property without notifying them.
• authorities will still be able to search citizens' library records, medical records, school records, and financial records virtually unchecked by the judiciary.
  The Senate has an opportunity to take a stand for one of Americans' most cherished traditions --the right to be free from government intrusion.