In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful


CAIR ACTION ALERT #478


ACTION: URGE CONGRESS TO REJECT PATRIOT ACT REAUTHORIZATION


(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/17/2005) - CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact their 
elected representatives and urge them to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Report.

This report is billed as a compromise between different versions of Patriot Act reauthorization approved by the House 
and Senate. However, none of the reasonable privacy protections contained in the Senate reauthorization bill are in the 
compromise report.

Without these minimal changes, law enforcement authorities will be allowed to continue unwarranted searches. Given 
recent revelations of FBI actions, sections 215 and 505 should be amended to require a connection between an 
individual's private records and a suspected terrorist.

A bipartisan group of senators said today they will try to block the act's reauthorization to protest the elimination 
the Senate-mandated protections against "unnecessary and intrusive government surveillance."

SEE: "Senators Threatens to Hold Up Patriot Act Reauthorization Over Surveillance Protections"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1322716

SEE ALSO: "The FBI's Secret Scrutiny"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/05/AR2005110501366.html

The House of Representatives will likely vote Friday on this issue. The U.S. Senate will most likely vote within a 
week.

ACTON REQUESTED:

CONTACT your elected representatives to ask that they vote against the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Report. An 
e-mail may not be read in time. By calling, you will get the direct attention of a congressional staff person.

GO TO: http://capwiz.com/cair/callalert/index.tt?alertid=8254346&type=CO

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT CAIR Government Affairs Director Corey Saylor, 202-488-8787 or 571-278-4658, E-Mail: 
csaylor@cair-net.org