During the past 8 years, the Bush administration listened to Americans' phone calls and read their emails without a warrant. On July 9, 2008, the Senate passed a bill to amend FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to further expand the government's warrantless wiretapping powers. The Senate also mocked the rule of law and gave telecom companies immunity for any illegal actions they may have taken without having to appear in court.

We lost that round. But it's not over: both the ACLU and EFF filed suit, and we're gearing up for another battle in 2009. Get FISA Right will continue to work with other groups fighting for our civil liberties on the web and on the streets. If you want to help shape our direction, please join the discussions [1] about what next.

Happy New Year! Here's what's up ...

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We're in the second round of the change.org/MySpace Ideas for Change competition -- please help us promote the idea [4]
We've completed President Obama, please get FISA right [5], our cable TV ad timed for the inauguration. More here ... [6]
Please join the discussion of our 2009 strategy [7] and communications plans [8]
Speaking of which, we've got a new blog [9]!

We're building a new kind of movement, one that's beyond traditional politics. Please join us on Facebook [10], MySpace [11], Twitter [12], My.BarackObama.com [13] and YouTube [14].

Help Put Our Ad on the Air [15]

Find out how [15] you can help put our new ad President Obama, please get FISA right on the air!

Links:
[1] http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/thread
[2] http://getfisaright.net/
[3] http://www.youtube.com/v/n8c8KJVLsP4&hl=en&fs=1
[4] http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Ideas for Change competition
[5] http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Inauguration ad
[6] http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Promoting the Inauguration Ad
[7] http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Strategy and priorities
[8] http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/2009 Communication channels
[9] http://getfisaright.wordpress.com/
[10] http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17961184023#/pages/Get-FISA-Right/71888710272?ref=ts
[11] http://groups.myspace.com/getfisaright
[12] http://twitter.com/GetFISARight
[13] http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SenatorObama-PleaseVoteAgainstFISA
[14] http://www.youtube.com/GetFISARight
[15] http://www.saysme.tv/pooling/view/id/MTAwMDc=