Kucinich invites Congress: Continue the House's Fight to Restore Civil Liberties, Co-Sponsor the Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act
The following is a "Dear Colleague" letter written by Kucinich to his colleagues in the House of Representatives. I received this from the CAIR mailing list
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Dear Colleague:
I wanted to call your attention to two articles published on June 20th in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.
One article rightly calls into question the patriotism of the misnamed, USA PATRIOT Act. That same day, a second article reported that the Attorney General has requested that the press dispel the deep concerns Americans' have expressed about the destruction of essential civil liberties in the wake of the PATRIOT Act and other regulatory changes.
In the midst of the trampling of the liberties provided by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments in the Bill of Rights, Americans deserve better than to have the Attorney General call on the media to put a spin on the loss of these essential rights. In fact, no spin was needed when the House recently voted 309 to 188 to block the Justice Department from using any funds to implement Section 213 of the PATRIOT Act, allowing for "sneak and peek" searches.
In September I will introducing The Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act, the first comprehensive bill to roll back unnecessary and un-American powers grabbed by the government in the name of national security, including powers granted in section 213 of the PATRIOT Act and many others.
For more information about this bill, or to become an original co-sponsor, contact Michael Oswalt on my staff at 55871.
Sincerely,
Dennis J. Kucinich
Member of Congress
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