FC: Libertarians, ACLU oppose Washington state wiretap bill

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Jacqueline Passey Bartels" <jacqueline () alt net>
Subject: Last chance to stop dangerous anti-terrorism bill
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:13:16 -0800
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Last chance to stop a dangerous anti-terrorism bill in the Washington
legislature.  I've been too pre-occupied with convention business to keep up
on this, so I am passing on the ACLU's activist alert with all the details.


Jacqueline Bartels
Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Washington State
10115 Greenwood Ave N #297, Seattle WA 98133

-----Original Message-----
From: walker () aclu-wa org [mailto:walker () aclu-wa org]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: ACLU E-mail Activist Alert


March 8, 2002

Greetings E-mail Activists!

LAST CHANCE TO STOP DANGEROUS ANTI-TERRORISM BILL

Late Wednesday, the Washington House of Representatives passed Senate Bill
6704, the anti-terrorism bill formerly construed as House Bill 2879, and
which includes the language of the wiretap bill, HB 2416. The vote was 70 -
23, yet it collected more "no" votes than last time the anti-terrorism bill
was before the House, and one of the "no" votes was actually mistakenly cast
but could not be changed.

This bill is now back before the Senate and we need your help to make sure
that it does not pass there!  It seems likely at this time that the Senate
is prepared to vote "not to concur" with the changes the House made to SB
6704.  This Senate vote is scheduled for sometime on Saturday.

TAKE ACTION

We need all E-mail Activists to telephone and e-mail all of the Senate
Democratic leadership listed below, and any other Senator you know, or who
directly represents you.  Please start making your calls and e-mails late
Friday afternoon and continuing on through Saturday morning.

Your brief message should be: "Please do not concur with the House
amendments to Senate Bill 6704.  The House wiretap and terrorism language is
overbroad and dangerous to civil liberties."

The toll-free legislative hotline can tell you who is your particular
Senator: 1-800-562-6000.  You can also look it up on the Web at:
http://dfind.leg.wa.gov/dfinder.cfm.

Senate Democratic leaders:

Majority Leader, Sid Snyder:  360-786-7636; (no public e-mail)

Majority Caucus Chair, Harriet Spanel:  360-786-7678; spanel_ha () leg wa gov

Majority Floor Leader, Betti Sheldon: 360-786-7644; sheldon_be () leg wa gov

Majority Whip, Tracey Eide: 360-786-7658; eide_tr () leg wa gov

Majority Caucus Vice Chair, Ken Jacobsen: 360-786-7690;
jacobsen_ke () leg wa gov

Majority Assistant Floor Leader, Jeri Costa: 360-786-7674;
costa_je () leg wa gov

Majority Assistant Whip, Jim Kastama: 360-786-7648; kastama_ja () leg wa gov

For more information on this legislation and why it is dangerous for civil
liberties, go to http://www.aclu-wa.org/NS-Oppose.Bills.2.14.02.html

Christianne Walker
Field and Legislative Coordinator, ACLU of Washington
705 Second Ave #300, Seattle, WA  98104
www.aclu-wa.org

P.S. Your support is critical to the ACLU's ability to protect these and
other civil liberties.  If you are not already a member, please considering
joining the ACLU today by visiting
http://www.aclu-wa.org/membership/Print.join.html.




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