CISPA - USA Permission to Spy?

[Jzmackenzie]

In April, House Republicans passed CISPA - the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act - by a vote of 248-168. This week, the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151).

CISPA gives the government, including military spy agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA), virtually unlimited powers to capture our personal information ? medical records, private emails, financial information ? all without a warrant or proper oversight.

Tell Your Senators: Stop CISPA

Civil liberties groups and progressives unanimously opposed CISPA in the House, and President Obama threatened a veto because it does not protect our privacy.

In the Senate, Democrats (led by Al Franken) are trying to add privacy protections. But Republicans (led by John McCain) are determined to defeat those protections and give Big Brother unlimited power to spy on us.

Tell your Senators to protect your privacy from Big Brother and oppose CISPA.

Thanks for all you do!

Bob Fertik

p.s. Every media report on CISPA raises the fear of a cyber attack on "critical infrastructure" like the electric power grid. But all regulations requiring private companies to improve their cyber security were removed by Republicans serving the Chamber of Commerce, which opposes all regulations on business. So the bill now does nothing useful to protect "critical infrastructure," and only authorizes Big Brother spying.