Congress is meeting next week to consider legislation which would grant "blanket immunity" to telecoms which illegally spied on their customers at the behest of the Bush White House. Without broad public dissent, Congress will cave-in to the Administration's demands for a get out of jail free card for lawbreaking corporations, and prevent us from ever discovering the nature and breadth of warrantless wiretaps performed on American citizens.

You can help to stop warrantless wiretapping and telecom immunity in three easy steps:

1. Call your representative and tell them "NO warrantless wiretapping and NO telecom immunity". You can reach the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Even if you do not know the name of your representative, they can connect you by looking up your address.

2. Sign the petition telling Speaker Pelosi and Hoyer "NO warrantless wiretapping and NO telecom immunity" at: www.aclu.org/encore.

If you are not currently on the ACLU action alert list, you can sign up at that website. It's important to get on the alert list so you can get updates when important legislation comes up.

3. Call 5 friends and ask them to call their representatives and sign the petition. You can find more information and talking points at: www.aclu.org/fisa

Ed Yohnka, the Director of Communications and Public Policy for the ACLU of Illinois gave a presentation Wednesday, March 5th, 2008, explaining the history of the so-called "Protect America Act" and its provisions granting immunity to law breaking telecoms and cover for the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping:

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Part B: