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Montgomery CountyCivil Rights CoalitionProtecting civil rights
& liberties everywhere by protecting them at home
6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 413 Takoma Park Maryland 20912
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The Honorable Chris Van Hollen
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
August 2, 2013
Dear Representative Van Hollen:
The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition and other
organizations listed below are writing to express
our profound disappointment for your vote of nay on the
Amash/Conyers amendment to the DefenseAppropriations bill. This was
a simple amendment, but one which got it right, in our opinion:
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
execute a Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Court order pursuant to
section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of1978 (50
U.S.C. 1861) that does not include the following sentence: This
Order limits the
collection of any tangible things (including telephone numbers
dialed, telephone numbers of
incoming calls, and the duration of calls) that may be
authorized to be collected pursuant to thisOrder to those tangible
things that pertain to a person who is the subject of an
investigation
described in section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861).
We have read your response to constituents who have contacted
you about this vote, as well as your letter to
President Obama and, frankly, find both unpersuasive.
As you surely know, the recently revealed NSA programs are gross
incursions of privacy for all Americans;there is no real oversight
of these programs by the FISA court or by Congress; and
representatives of theAdministration have flat-out lied to Congress
and the public about them.
Given these facts, we expected that you would represent your
constituents by voting to cut funding for theseprograms, as did 111
other Democrats, including three Democrats from Maryland.
We can find no excuse for this vote.
Sincerely,
ACLU Maryland
ACLU Montgomery CountyCAIR Maryland
CASA de MarylandDefending Dissent Foundation
Montgomery County Civil Rights CoalitionMontgomery County
Progressive Alliance
Montgomery County Young DemocratsPax Christi MontgomeryPeace
Action Montgomery
Progressive Neighbors
Veterans For Peace DC Area Chapter 016
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