Reports indicate that the vote on the new FISA reform "compromise" may happen as early as tonight.

Call your legislators TODAY via the Capitol Hill Switchboard ((202)224-3121) and tell them No sham compromises on telecom immunity. No warrantless wiretapping. Period. You can also contact them with a free fax at the ACLU national site.

According to Christie Hardin Smith of Firedoglake:

FISA vote could come as early as this evening. No one outside Hoyer, Bond, Rockefeller, WH negotiators and a select few staffers and lobbyist pals have seen the bill.

That includes exclusion of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee, including Leahy and Conyers, who have been rendered utterly impotent on this issue by their own lack of pushback.

The folks who want to work on this can't get their hands on whatever WH/lobbyist-crafted monstrosity is being held close to the vest. I've been on the phone and IM-ing with a number of staffers this morning -- people who work for legislators who have been working their butts off to protect civil liberties and to ensure that anything crafted abides by the law and protects American national security as well.

None of them -- not one -- have been given any opportunity to even view a summary of this proposed bill. Worse, there is a rumor that the FISA mess may be folded into the Iraq funding bill in the House due to machinations by Steny. Just great.

We have stopped this kind of maneuver before, and we can do it again. But the time to act is right now. Call your legislators! ((202)224-3121)

Update Some bloggers (Glenn Greenwald most prominently) are encouraging you to call Senator Obama to encourage him to take a leadership role and use his influence to defeat this sham compromise. Senator Obama does have a good track record on this issue, having voted to support Senator Dodd's filibuster, and publically condemned telecom immunity. You can reach his campaign office at (866) 675-2008 [Dial 6, then 0, on the menu]. IL residents can call his senate office at (866) 445-2520. Happy dialing!