Fight PATRIOT III -- write your Senator today!
Donna sez, "Now you can actually do something about the new PATRIOT Act expansion bill that's being marked up behind closed doors this Thursday (previous BoingBoing post here.)"If this bill passes, the FBI could use special new 'administrative' subpoenas to get anything from anyone -- Internet logs and emails from your Internet service provider, health records from your doctor, financial information from your bank -- *without* having to go to a judge first. That's a power so vast, Congress refused to include in the original PATRIOT Act in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
If you are a resident of Kansas, Utah, Ohio, Missouri, Maine, Nebraska, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, California, Oregon, Indiana, Maryland, or New Jersey, your senator is on the committee reviewing this bill in a closed session on Thursday. Don't let it get out committee. Write your senator to oppose the bill today!" Link (Thanks, Donna!)
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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