Telecom Immunity Vote in the Senate

On Monday the Senate will vote on whether to grant US Telecom companies retroactive immunity for supporting the governments illegal wiretapping initiative. I'm not against conducting surveillance of US citizens, but we have rules and procedures in place to make sure that it is done fairly and with oversight. Based on what I know about this situation, the telecom companies involved knew that there were no warrants, knew it was illegal, and lacked the ethics to stand up to the government and deny their requests. Now the government wants to encourage ignoring its own rules by providing immunity to the companies that assisted its illegal surveillance program.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a handy online form that will submit a letter to your Senator urging him or her to vote against the legislation that will grant these companies immunity. If you believe in your Constitutional right to protection against unlawful search and seizure, I encourage you to send a message to your Senator to vote down this legislation.

Again, just to clarify my position, I have no problem with conducting surveillance against US citizens. I just want the government to follow its own rules.