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<h3 class="entrytitle"><a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=3871" rel="bookmark"><font color="#9e0508" size="3">Senate to resume mark-up of PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation </font></a></h3>
<div class="entrymeta">October 07th, 2009 | Category: <a title="View all posts in Civil Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, and Privacy" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=10" rel="category"><font color="#9e0508">Civil Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, and Privacy</font></a>, <a title="View all posts in OGR" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=17" rel="category"><font color="#9e0508">OGR</font></a> </div>
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<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee will resumes its mark-up of legislation to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act Thursday. If you haven’t contacted your Senator yet, please take the time to do so.</p>
<p>Our message hasn’t changed: Congress should pass the ORIGINAL version of Senator Leahy’s USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2009, S. 1692, with key amendments to protect civil liberties based upon S. 1686, the Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools in Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act. Congress should also consider reforms of national security letters (NSLs) now as legislation on reform and reauthorization of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act moves forward.</p>
<p>Please visit our <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=14111146&PROCESS=Call+Now"><font color="#9e0508">Legislative Action Center</font></a> for more information and to contact your Senator.</p>
<p>Lynne Bradley<br>Director, Office of Government Relations</p>
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<div></div><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br>Lincoln County Library District<br>P.O. Box 2027<br>Newport, OR 97365<br>Work phone & fax: 541-265-3066<br>Work email: <a href="mailto:diedre@beachbooks.org">diedre@beachbooks.org</a><br>
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