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• Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:57 AM

  Letter to Pelosi

  I have written to Barack and Nancy and chipped in a few bucks. Here is my letter to Pelosi:

  Speaker Pelosi,

  I admired you when you said this on the floor of the house:

  “It (FISA) protects our civil liberties in a number of ways. The DNI has agreed that when Americans are targeted for surveillance, a warrant is required. We have now included certain criteria that the government must take into account in considering whether a warrant is required. This will help prevent inappropriate warrantless surveillance and ‘reverse targeting’ of Americans under the guise of foreign intelligence.

  “The bill restores checks and balances. This is very important, because that is our oath of office, to protect the Constitution of the United States.

  And now, despite the self-acknowledged oath you took to protect the consitution, you are among those democrats attempting to, surreptitiously through weasal wording, give the telecoms and indirectly the current admin a free pass on the unconsitutional spying they have done.

  I find you particlarly disappointing because, unlike some of your fellow congressmen who have no clue, your own words show you understand the importance of this bill. If this bill passes as is I will be leaving the party and working for someone who not only talks about the importance of their oath to the consitution but acts on it. My admiration was misplaced.

  —veteran novice Read veteran novice's other letters
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