Burbank Democratic Club

This is unbelievable--after all we've been through and fought for... to have a Democrat lead the cave-in in the HOUSE on the FISA giveaways ... !! An aptly-named consortium of left and right dubbed Strange Bedfellows has come together to fight this practically overnight.

Author/blogger Glenn Greenwald is taking the lead, but as the New York Times’ editorial board says of Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s outrage:

[..]The bill is not a compromise. The final details are being worked out, but all indications are that many of its provisions are both unnecessary and a threat to the Bill of Rights. The White House and the Congressional Republicans who support the bill have two real aims. They want to undermine the power of the courts to review the legality of domestic spying programs. And they want to give a legal shield to the telecommunications companies that broke the law by helping Mr. Bush carry out his warrantless wiretapping operation.

And from unity@Democrats.COM:

Steny Hoyer's warrantless wiretapping bill is obscene because it gives complete immunity to the telcos that have spied on us illegally since 2001, as well as the Bush Administration officials who illegally asked them to break the law. And it lets them continue spying on us by creating Big Brother with a figleaf of meaningless "protections."

On May 14, Democrats defeated a similar immunity bill 213-197. There is absolutely no reason for any Democrat to change his or her vote now except corrupt greed for telco campaign cash.

What to do?? The club's Executive Board advises:

Call both our Burbank congressmen, Adam Schiff and Brad Sherman, and ask them to vote against this FISA bill! Call them at their Washington offices and at their district offices. Then e-mail them. And two hours latter, call again! And fax! You can call 24/7/365 and leave a message.

Brad Sherman:
http://bradsherman.house.gov/sherman/contact/
Washington phone: 202 225 5911 Washington fax: 202 225 5879
Local Phone: 818 501 9200 Local fax: 818 501 1554

Adam Schiff:
http://schiff.house.gov/HoR/CA29/Contact+Information/Contact+Form.htm
Washington phone: 202 225 4176 Washington fax 202 225 5828
Local phone: 626 304 2727 Local fax: 626 304 0572

Then Nancy Pelosi. She can decide that this bill will not even be considered.
Phone (202) 225-4965, Fax (202) 225-8259

Get after Steny Hoyer and tell him this is a bad deal:
Phone (202) 225-4131, Fax (202) 225-4300

And call Barack Obama at both his Senate office and his campaign and demand that he take a clear and unambiguous stand against this bill.
Senate: Phone (202) 224-2854, Fax (202) 228-4260
Campaign: (866) 675-2008

And here are more congressmen who need to hear from you! http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/19/115414/787/632/538388

Make no mistake about it: This is a Get out of Jail Free card for W and Dick!