--- From: "Jacqueline Passey Bartels" <jacquelineat_private> Subject: Last chance to stop dangerous anti-terrorism bill Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:13:16 -0800 Message-ID: <KOEIJPPOBGDGHOLFKLEBGEGGEBAA.jacquelineat_private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Last chance to stop a dangerous anti-terrorism bill in the Washington legislature. I've been too pre-occupied with convention business to keep up on this, so I am passing on the ACLU's activist alert with all the details. Jacqueline Bartels Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Washington State 10115 Greenwood Ave N #297, Seattle WA 98133 -----Original Message----- From: walker@aclu-wa.org [mailto:walker@aclu-wa.org] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: ACLU E-mail Activist Alert March 8, 2002 Greetings E-mail Activists! LAST CHANCE TO STOP DANGEROUS ANTI-TERRORISM BILL Late Wednesday, the Washington House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 6704, the anti-terrorism bill formerly construed as House Bill 2879, and which includes the language of the wiretap bill, HB 2416. The vote was 70 - 23, yet it collected more "no" votes than last time the anti-terrorism bill was before the House, and one of the "no" votes was actually mistakenly cast but could not be changed. This bill is now back before the Senate and we need your help to make sure that it does not pass there! It seems likely at this time that the Senate is prepared to vote "not to concur" with the changes the House made to SB 6704. This Senate vote is scheduled for sometime on Saturday. TAKE ACTION We need all E-mail Activists to telephone and e-mail all of the Senate Democratic leadership listed below, and any other Senator you know, or who directly represents you. Please start making your calls and e-mails late Friday afternoon and continuing on through Saturday morning. Your brief message should be: "Please do not concur with the House amendments to Senate Bill 6704. The House wiretap and terrorism language is overbroad and dangerous to civil liberties." The toll-free legislative hotline can tell you who is your particular Senator: 1-800-562-6000. You can also look it up on the Web at: http://dfind.leg.wa.gov/dfinder.cfm. Senate Democratic leaders: Majority Leader, Sid Snyder: 360-786-7636; (no public e-mail) Majority Caucus Chair, Harriet Spanel: 360-786-7678; spanel_haat_private Majority Floor Leader, Betti Sheldon: 360-786-7644; sheldon_beat_private Majority Whip, Tracey Eide: 360-786-7658; eide_trat_private Majority Caucus Vice Chair, Ken Jacobsen: 360-786-7690; jacobsen_keat_private Majority Assistant Floor Leader, Jeri Costa: 360-786-7674; costa_jeat_private Majority Assistant Whip, Jim Kastama: 360-786-7648; kastama_jaat_private For more information on this legislation and why it is dangerous for civil liberties, go to http://www.aclu-wa.org/NS-Oppose.Bills.2.14.02.html Christianne Walker Field and Legislative Coordinator, ACLU of Washington 705 Second Ave #300, Seattle, WA 98104 www.aclu-wa.org P.S. Your support is critical to the ACLU's ability to protect these and other civil liberties. If you are not already a member, please considering joining the ACLU today by visiting http://www.aclu-wa.org/membership/Print.join.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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