URGENT PLEA, REPEAL USA PATRIOT ACT I and II.

August 1, 2003

Dear Caring friends,

IT IS TIME for the peace movement to fight for freedom at home.

The Bush administration used the cover of war in Iraq to design

new encroachments on our civil liberties.

The War hawks are working hard in the Congress and the

White House to get the so called " Patriot Act II " to be passed in

Congress. ALL Peace loving groups and anti-war groups must

push Congress very hard to protect American citizens

Constitutional Rights of Free Speech and Privacy.

It is very Urgent to write to the Congress to repeal the USA

Patriot Act I and II. Enclosed a SAMPLE LETTER and

CONTACT INFORMATION. Every Contact is very important

to reach. You are most welcome to write your own letter,

express your own opinions on this very important issue, or

modify our sample letter if you wish. Thanks for your efforts.

Before you Call/Write a letter to Congress , let's first quickly

Join ACLU's action to Support Corrections to the PATRIOT

Act by click below and enter your Zip Code , send a free Fax

and type your own SUBJECT line and enter your name.

Now Click here to join ACLU's action :

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=13081 & c=206

More references :

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=13255 & c=207

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=13212 & c=206

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/

other_stories/multi-page/documents/02844047.htm

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SAMPLE LETTER : (Please place your Name, Address, City, State,

Zip at the BEGINNING and END of your letter and state that

you are a US Constituent or a US Voter if you live in the U.S. :

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Your Name,

Your City,

Your State, and Your Zip code

(US Constituents or US Voters if you live in US)

Subject : URGENT PLEA : REPEAL PATRIOT ACT I and II.

Dear Senator ,

We will never vote for any legislator or leader who does not

defend our Civil Rights, Free Speech and Privacy rights.

We ask that the U.S.A. Patriot Act declared unconstitutional on

the grounds that it violates the privacy, due process and free

speech rights of Americans. The USA Patriot Act severely

infringes on our Constitutional Rights which are the basic

foundation of our country that passed from our founding fathers.

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution clearly states : " The Right

of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects,

against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated;.. "

As concerned voters, we urgently request our Congress to

consider the following :

1: Please REMOVE Attorney General John Ashcroft for good.

His crime is to allow the Patriot Act to violate numerous

Constitutional Rights and encroach upon millions Americans'

basic Civil rights, Free speech rights and Privacy. Attorney General

Ashcroft uses the excuse of war on terror to expand his powers.

2 : Please Vote Against the Patriot Act II.

The draft " Domestic Security Enhancement Act " contains a

multitude of new and sweeping law enforcement and intelligence

gathering powers -- many of which are not related to terrorism

-- that would severely undermine basic Constitutional Rights

and checks and balances. If such lunatic law is adopted,

the bill would diminish personal PRIVACY by removing

important checks on government surveillance authority, reduce

the Accountability of government to the American public by

increasing official secrecy and expand on the definition of " terrorism "

that threatens the constitutionally protected rights of Americans.

3: Please REPEAL the Patriot Act of 2001 that allows the

government to secretly monitor the recipient names and subject

lines of suspects' E-MAIL messages and to seize certain personal

records--which could include library books, credit card receipts,

and medical histories. Even if the FBI never abuses these powers,

the powers are so broad on the books that they will inevitably

create a chilling and threatening effect that would discourage

citizens from exercising their First Amendment rights.

4: Please REPEAL the Patriot Act that violates the Fourth Amendment

Rights by allowing the FBI to search and seize records or personal

belongings without a warrant, without showing probable cause

-- and without ever notifying even innocent people of the searches;

5 : Please REPEAL the Patriot Act that violates the First Amendment

Rights. It allows the FBI to easily obtain information about a

person's reading habits, religious affiliations, Internet surfing and

other expressive activities that would be " chilled " by the threat

of investigation;

6 : Please REPEAL the Patriot Act that violates the First Amendment

Rights by imposing a " gag order " that prohibits those served

with Section 215 orders from telling anyone -- ever -- that the

FBI demanded information, even if the information is not tied

to a particular suspect and poses no risk to national security.

On the contrary, the newly released 9/11 report showed that it

was the government's own failure to stop the terrorist activities

that led to the 9/11 attacks.

The 9/11 was NOT a result of insufficient surveillance powers.

Many people believe that it was a conspiracy of prominent officials

in the Defense Dept, White House and CIA who purposely

let the 9/11 attack happening so as to incite American hatred

towards Muslim countries. Immediately after 9/11, top insiders

in the Defense Dept quickly used 9/11 as the cover to wage

War against Iraq (they may push Congress to attack Syria and

Iran later.) Sadly, such a cover took nearly 3000 Americans lives.

The ACLU Special Report on Independence Day said :

" .... Overbroad Federal policies such as USA PATRIOT ACT,

new FBI domestic spying guidelines, misguided anti-immigration

laws, indefinite imprisonment of American citizens in a manner that

strips them of fundamental due process rights, and the failed

operation TIPS program --which would have recruited neighbor

to spy on neighbor-- are but only a few. " You may Download here:

http://www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile.cfm?id=13059

We look forward to your making efforts to protect our

Constitutional Rights of Free Speech and Privacy. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Your Name,

Your City,

Your State and Your Zip Code.

(US Constituents and US Voters if you live in US)

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CONTACT INFORMATION :

There are 7 categories of the Contact. Every Contact is very

important to reach. They all need to know public's opinions !

1: IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CONTACT :

Your 2 US Senators and your 1 US House Representative

to express your opinions and requests on the WMD issue.

You may also send a copy to your State Governor too .

Please Address to : Dear Senator or Dear Congressman ,

Now Click : http://www.capwiz.com/

Then enter your ZIP CODE on the right side of the screen

under " Elected officials " , then click " go " . PLEASE :

a : EMAIL to your two Senators and one Representative

and one Governor. Please sign as " Constituent " or " Voter " .

b : Fax them one by one by click on the " info " to get

Fax numbers. Tell them that you are a Constituent.

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2 : CONTACT some important U.S. Senators and Committees :

Please simply address to : Dear Senator , or Dear Congressman ,

Please urgently EMAIL, CALL, FAX to the following Senators :

a: Contact Senator Bill Frist :

Tel: 202-224-3344

Fax: 202-228-1264

Email: http://frist.senate.gov/contact.cfm

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b : Senator Thomas Daschle, the Chairman of the Senate

Democratic Party.

Tel: (202) 224-2321 , Fax: (202) 224-6603

Email:

http://congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://daschle.senate.gov

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c: Contact Minority leader in the House :

Congressman Nancy Pelosi :

Tel: (202)225-4965 In Washington .

Email : sf.nancy

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d: Contact Majority leader in the House :

Congressman Tom DeLay :

Tel: 202-225-5951 In Washington

Fax: 202-225-5241

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e: Senator Orrin G. Hatch,

Chairman of the Senate Judicary Committee :

Tel: (202) 224-5251

Fax: (202) 224-6331

Email :

http://www.senate.gov/~hatch/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact

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f: Senator Patrick J. Leahy

Ranking Democratic member in Senate Judiciary Committee

Email: senator_leahy

http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.html

Tel: 202-224-4242

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g: Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee :

Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman

Tel: (202) 225-5101

Email: sensenbrenner ,

Judiciary ,

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h : Call and Fax to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee :

Tel: (202) 224-5225 , Fax: (202) 224-9102

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i: Contact Senator John Kerry :

Tel: (202) 224-2742 (in USA)

Fax: (202) 224-8525

Email: http://kerry.senate.gov/low/contact_email.html

(***: Email must be short for no more than 1000 characters.).

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j: Contact Senator Pat Roberts, the Republican Chairman for

the Senate Intelligence Committee :

Tel : (202) 224-4774

Fax: (202) 224-3514

Email:

http://congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://roberts.senate.gov

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k: Contact Congressman Henry Waxman :

Tel: (202) 225-3976

Fax : (202) 225-4099

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l: Senator John Rockefeller :

Vice Chairman of the Senator Intelligence Committee :

Email: senator

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m : The Chairman of US Democrate Senate Arms Committee

Senator Carl Levin:

Tel: (202) 224-6221 , Fax: (02) 224-1388

Email: senator2 (@levin.senate.gov )

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n: Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich

Tel: (202) 225-5871

Fax (202)225-5745

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o : The Chairman of U.S. Republican Senate Arms Committee

Senator John Warner:

Tel: (202) 224-2023, Fax: (202) 224-6295

Email: http://www.senate.gov/~warner/contact/contactme.htm

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p : US Senator Robert Byrd in Senate Arms Committee :

Email: http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/byrd_email.html

Call or Fax Information :

http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/byrd_issues/byrd_contact/byrd_contact.html

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q : US Republican Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Chairman Senater Lugar :

Tel: 202-224-4814

Email: senator_lugar

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r : Please Email Senator Chuck Hagel , the Chairman of the

US Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee :

Email: http://www.senate.gov/~hagel/Email/contact.html

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s : Email to House Speaker Congressman Hastert :

Email: speaker (@mail.house.gov )

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3: PLEASE CONTACT Some IMPORTANT US MEDIA :

Please address to : Dear Editor ,

A: Please write to the following TV network :

a1 : CBS Evening News

Phone: 212-975-3691

Email: evening (@cbsnews.com )

a2 : NBC Nightly News

Phone: 212-664-4971

Email: nightly (@nbc.com )

a3 : Please Contact Peter Jennings : ABC World News Tonight

Tel : (212) 456-4025

Fax : (212) 456-2381

Email: PeterJennings (@abcnews.com )

a4: CNN HeadLine News executives :

Please Copy the following list and Paste in the

BCC field. It must have a comma between addresses :

Please address to : Dear Editor,

robert.novak,

cameron.baird,

james.broyles,

jason.evans,

judy.fortin,

bill.galvin,

susan.jalali,

kurt.kasting,

tim.mallon,

wade.mckinney,

jerry.mihoch,

stephanie.minter,

dennis.newman,

alan.schrack,

rolando.santos,

steve.shusman,

jennifer.c.,

a5: Contact USA Today :

editor ,

fanklam ,

jbacon ,

lbranson ,

dcolton,

a6 : Contact :

experience

a7 : Contact InternetNews.com :

Please Copy the following list and Paste in the

BCC field. It must have a comma between addresses :

Please address to : Dear Editor,

alisha.davis,

andrew_serwer,

bill.galvin,

bliu,

bmorrissey,

bob.vandillen,

celwell,

chuck.roberts,

collins.spencer,

dave.willis,

dcamillos,

ejoyce,

gvenditto,

holly.firfer,

jacqui.jeras,

jennifer.westhoven,

jennifer.wolfe,

josh.zelman,

kara.henderson,

kat.carney,

kathleen.kennedy,

kendis.gibson,

klane,

kris.osborn,

kristyn.martin,

larry.smith,

linda.stouffer,

marcia.cohen,

matt.morrison,

mberniker,

michael.galanos,

michele.mitchell,

msinger,

myers.chad,

orelon.sidney,

ray.dalessio,

renay.san.miguel,

rmark,

rnaraine,

robin.meade,

rudi.bakhtiar,

sachi.koto,

sandra.fryhofer,

sharon.collins,

sophia.choi,

stephanie.toddman,

stephen.frazier,

steve.overmyer,

susan.jalali,

susan,

thomas.roberts,

tolavsrud,

a7: Reuters : michel.gelbart

B: Please send " Letter to Editors " to the Newspapers Editors.

Please address to: Dear Editor,

Now please Click : http://www.opedletters.com/

b1: You may select the " Mass-mail to all states " to let

all editors know your opinions on the issue.

b2: Or click on your State, then select

" Mass-mail a letter to ..... state newspapers. " .

b3: Or select each news paper on your State . Then click :

" Letter Submission (via e-mail) " under each newspaper.

C : Find US major media and local media contact info :

Please click: http://capwiz.com/vision/dbq/media/

Then enter your local Zip Code , then click right side " Go " ,

It will show up the National Media Organizations first ,

then click on each Media Name itself (do not place a check ),

it will show all of the important Editor's names , for example

Managing Editors , Editor in Chief etc. and then click on

the name , you will find their corresponding email address and

contact info. Please try to send to as many KEY Editors as you

could TO ALL OF THE NATIONAL MAJOR MEDIA .

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4: CONTACT ALL OF THE US SENATORS :

It is SO IMPORTANT to let all Senators know public opinions :

Please Copy the following list and Paste into BCC field in your

Email. Then put any of the following Email address or any of

your other emails address in the TO field . Before you hit Send,

please carefully check everything correctly !

Please address to : Dear Senator, or: Dear Honorable Senator,

Special NOTE:

a: Please put your name and City, State, Zipcode at the

BEGINNING and sign as " US Constituents " or " US Voters " ,

if you live in USA.

b: It must have a comma between the addresses .

*****ATTENTION: Please DIVIDE the following list into smaller

list contains for no more than 45 email addresses each time in your

BCC field due to some ISP may not allow for more than 50 email

addresses each time in BCC or CC field in your email !!!

NOTE: The following list are extracted from :

http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm

admin,

administrator,

blanche_lincoln,

bob_graham,

chuck_grassley,

chuck_hagel,

civis ,

comments,

conrad_burns,

craig,

curator,

David.Byrne,

development,

dgregio,

dick,

frank_lautenberg,

herta.daeubler-gmelin,

historian,

ictr-press ,

info,

information,

jack,

jesse_helms,

jim_bunning,

jim_inhofe,

john_kerry,

kit_bond,

larry_craig,

mail ,

mailbox,

max,

olympia,

opinion,

Oregon,

pat_roberts,

phil_gramm,

postmaster,

publicaffairs,

robert.aderholt,

russell_feingold

sam_brownback,

senator.hutchinson,

senator,

Senator,

senator,

senator_allard,

senator_bingaman,

senator_byrd,

senator_carnahan,

senator_chafee,

senator_dewine,

senator_domenici,

senator_fitzgerald,

senator_frist,

senator_gorton,

senator_hatch,

senator_kohl,

senator_leahy,

senator_lugar,

senator_max_cleland,

senator_mccain,

senator_murray,

senator_reid,

senator_robb,

senator_specter,

senator_thompson,

senator_torricelli,

senator_voinovich,

senator2,

senatorlott,

tim,

tim_johnson,

tom_daschle,

tom_harkin,

vermont,

webmaster,

Year2000,

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5 : CONTACT some more US Senators thru their websites :

The following Senators do not have Email address.

http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsite/contact.cfm?lowsrc=true

http://www.senate.gov/~craig/webform.html

http://cantwell.senate.gov/mailform.html

http://miller.senate.gov/email.html

http://crapo.senate.gov/email.htm

http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm

http://roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

http://thomas.senate.gov/html/contact.html

http://allard.senate.gov/contactme/index.cfm

http://wellstone.senate.gov/webform.html

http://domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

http://dayton.senate.gov/webform.html

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6 : It is very IMPORTANT to reach all of the Congressmen

below. ALL Congressmen need to know the true public opinions :

Please COPY the following list and PASTE it into the BCC field.

Then put your other Different email address in the " TO " field.

Please address to: Dear Honorable Congressman, or Dear Congressman,

(note: it must have comma between addresses.

All of the Addresses below have @mail.house.gov at the end )

NOTE: Please put your Name, Address , City, State , Zip code

at the BEGINING and the END of your email and don't forget to state

you are a US " Constituents " or Voters at BEGINING of the

letter, if you live in US.

*****ATTENTION: Again, it is a suggestion to you to divide the

following list into smaller lists contains for no more than 50 email

addresses in your BCC field. Be sure to have a comma between

the addresses.

adam.smith,

agriculture,

alcee.pubhastings,

amo.houghton,

Anibal,

annagram,

arcoiris,

asa.hutchinson,

ask.gene,

ask.heather,

ask.helen,

askgeorge,

Baldacci ,

Barbara.Cubin,

Barbara.lee,

barr.ga,

bart.gordon,

ben,

bill.luther ,

bill.mccollum,

bill.pascrell,

Bill.Young,

bishop.email,

blunt,

bob.clement,

bob.etheridge,

bobby.rush,

bobwise,

bozrah,

brian.baird,

brian.bilbray,

budget,

budmail,

c.pickering,

callearl,

campbell,

cannon.ut03,

cass.ballenger,

cbass,

christopher.john,

Cong.Merrill.Cook,

congjones,

CongMcIntyre,

congmeeks,

congressman.cooksey,

congressman.issa,

cstearns,

cubin.webmaster ,

curtpa07,

cymck,

dana ,

dana,

danny.davis,

darlene,

davecamp,

david.bonior,

david.phelps,

david.price,

david.skaggs,

dearsue,

debbie.stabenow,

degette,

delauro.ct03,

delaware,

democratic.caucus,

dennis.moore,

dhastert,

dkildee,

don.young,

Donald.Payne,

Donna.Green ,

doug.ose ,

dunnwa08,

EClayton1,

ed.pastor,

ed.royce,

ed.whitfield,

edolphus.towns,

ehrlich,

ernest.fletcher,

faleomavaega,

fl01,

fl09,

fla15,

floyd.spence,

frank.mascara,

Frank.Pallone,

franksnj,

ga06 ,

gary.condit,

gene.taylor,

George.Miller,

George.nethercutt-pub,

george.radanovich,

gephardt,

gil.gutknecht,

gloria.charlie,

grace,

greg.walden,

guamtodc ,

guamtodc,

hans.hogrefe ,

henry.bonilla,

hford,

HIRC,

howard.coble,

ike.skelton,

in09.wyr,

istook,

j.shadegg,

jack.kingston,

jack.metcalf,

james.langevin,

james.mcgovern,

Jay.Inslee ,

jay.inslee,

jay.johnson,

jclyburn,

jdhayworth ,

JER,

jerry.moran,

jerry.weller,

jerry4wi,

jfc.il12,

jim.barcia-pub,

jim.demint,

jim.kolbe,

jim.mccrery,

jim.mcgovern ,

jim.moran,

jjduncan,

jmoakley,

joann.emerson,

joe.moakley,

joe.skeen,

Joe.Wilson,

john.boehner,

john.conyers,

John.Hostettler,

john.lewis,

john.linder,

john.mica,

john.olver,

John.Peterson,

john.tanner,

jserrano,

jthune,

judiciary,

ken.bentsen,

Kennelly,

kevin.ryan,

lane.evans,

latham.ia05,

lazio,

leach.ia01,

lloyd.doggett,

lobiondo,

lois.capps,

loretta,

louiseny,

luis.gutierrez,

Lynn.Rivers,

lynn.woolsey,

m.thompson,

mac.collins,

mail.gibbons,

major.owens,

mark.foley,

mark.green,

mark.kennedy ,

mark.udall,

matt.salmon,

max.sandlin,

mchale,

mcintosh,

menendez,

mhinchey,

mike.forbes,

mike.honda,

mike.oxley,

Millender.McDonald,

miller13,

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mtmeehan,

murtha,

myrick,

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nick.lampson,

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rep.boyd,

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rep.carolyn.maloney,

rep.carson,

rep.charles.canady,

rep.coburn,

Rep.Cummings ,

rep.doyle,

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Rep.Earl.Pomeroy,

rep.ehlers,

rep.elizabeth.furse,

Rep.Ganske ,

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rep.goode,

Rep.Harman,

rep.harold.ford.jr,

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RepCharles.Taylor ,

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rick.hill,

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rmhall,

robert.a.brady,

robert.aderholt,

Robert.Matsui,

robert.weygand,

robin.hayes,

Rod.Blagojevich,

rodney.frelinghuysen,

roger.wicker,

ron.kind,

ron.lewis,

ronnie.shows ,

rpombo,

rush.holt,

sam.graves,

samfarr,

sanford,

saxby.chambliss ,

sbachus,

Science,

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shimkus,

sidney.yates,

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sonny.callahan,

speaker,

stephanie.tubbs.jones,

stephen.horn,

steve.horn,

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talk2tom,

tammy.baldwin,

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gary_ackerman,

jan.schakowsky,

jerrold.nadler,

martin.frost,

rep.cardin,

shelley.berkley,

slevin,

steve.rothman,

TalktoBobFilner,

weiner ,

bernie,

ron.kind,

gary_ackerman,

jan.schakowsky,

jerrold.nadler,

martin.frost,

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7 : IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SEND A COPY OF

YOUR LETTER TO YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS

AS MUCH AS YOU COULD. : Click below :

http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm

A: Click your State--> then click on 1: Governor 2: Lt. Governor

3: Attorney General. 4: Secretary of State

you will find all of the Contact information.

Please send Email/Fax/Call them.

Please address to : Dear Governor, Dear Lt. Governor,

Dear Secretary of State , Dear Attorney General.... respectively.

B: Then click on " Legislative Branch " , you will find all of the

State Senators and State Representatives , try to find all of

their Contact information as much as you can .

Please send your Email/Fax/Call them.

Please address to : Dear Senator, Dear Representative etc.

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Thanks for your efforts for the Justice, Peace and Humanity.

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URGENT PLEA, REPEAL USA PATRIOT ACT I and II.

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