Ad Background and Info
"Republican Senators All Voted for FISA"
The ad:
* For 200 years, the Fourth Amendment protected us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
* On July 9, all the Republican Senators voted to allow the government
to listen to your phone calls and read your email without a warrant.
* We're building a new movement that puts our Constitution above politics.
* Don't let American freedom die. Join us at getfisaright.net
The Senate's roll call vote on FISA Amendments Act.
Legal analysis of FISA Amendments Act of 2008:
- the ACLU's analysis is here.
- former Assistant Deputy Attorney General for national security issues, David S. Kris A Guide to the New FISA Bill, Part I, Part II, Part III
- The Key Questions About the New FISA Bill, by Georgetown Law professor Marty Lederman
"John McCain Would Do The Same"
The ad:
* For 200 years, the Bill of Rights has protected our freedoms.
* During the past 8 years, the Bush administration listened to Americans' phone calls and read their emails without a warrant.
* If elected President , John McCain would do the same.
* Don't let our Constitution die. Join us at getfisaright.net
The Bush administration:
NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls, Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY, May11, 2006.
John McCain's statements on government surveillance.
"Here is the bottom line: Senator McCain supports the FISA modernization bill passed by the Senate without qualification. He believes no additional steps should be necessary to secure immunity for the telecoms; both the 109th and 110th Congresses have conducted extensive evaluation and examination of this topic and have satisfied the public’s need for appropriate oversight; hearings purportedly designed to ‘get to the bottom of things’ have already occurred; and neither the Administration nor the telecoms need apologize for actions that most people, except for the ACLU and the trial lawyers, understand were Constitutional and appropriate in the wake of the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Senator McCain has never stated, nor does he believe that telecoms should only receive retroactive immunity in exchange for congressional testimony about their actions. We do not know what lies ahead in our nation’s fight against radical Islamic extremists, but John McCain will do everything he can to protect Americans from such threats, including asking the telecoms for appropriate assistance to collect intelligence against foreign threats to the United States as authorized by Article II of the Constitution. "
Doug Holtz-Eakin (senior McCain policy advisor) National Review Online, The Corner, June 02 2008 .
"McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too". Ryan Singel, Wired.
Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps, Charlie Savage, The New York Times.
