<p dir="ltr">ALA has been asking us to participate in this action. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Tiffiniy Cheng" <<a href="mailto:info@list.fightforthefuture.org">info@list.fightforthefuture.org</a>><br>Date: Feb 11, 2014 10:50 AM<br>
Subject: Cat signal!<br>To: <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><u></u>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Dear Fight for the Future member,<br>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Today is the day we fight back against NSA spying -- and it’s already huge. 30,000 people have already called their lawmakers and 75,000 have sent emails! #StopTheNSA has been trending on twitter since this morning.</span><br>
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<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/jgA/ZgwNAA/j6GrdysET72l1lLCNIH2cQ/h0/g4azD85UId0kU7aiZy4BP6FXGd5hVWJWWNK2vkNxzZkyfUlfpUrXNqHSLLl6RBWGjINqcYFAo9-2FC48rOgqiFpX-2FWIOZ6eZqpC5TT1qb-2BmEU-3D" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><br>
Now is the time! Click here to take action to stop the NSA.</span></a><br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Since even before Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA, we’ve been building a movement to defend Internet users from abusive government surveillance and protect free speech online.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Thousands of websites are joining today’s protest to demand an end to dragnet government spying -- we’ve even raised the Internet Defense League’s </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/jgA/ZgwNAA/j6GrdysET72l1lLCNIH2cQ/h1/uE42HpRZU4Sr-2FZDIZFKAqSlzW2KQpwwEIWqJGfzH-2BVNBY4y0X-2Fw2F9XyrYtOu2b3rEVA0WmWe3aSfp3q55KuJwx-2Firdz3RVVTNT6lXn2CUqh3omKnioBOF6n3-2FlIa8j3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">“Cat Signal.”</span></a><span> Just like when we defeated SOPA, grassroots activists are leading the charge but many large websites are jumping on board to help.<br>
<br>We’re making history today. A quick glance at the organizations and companies listed on </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/jgA/ZgwNAA/j6GrdysET72l1lLCNIH2cQ/h2/g4azD85UId0kU7aiZy4BP6FXGd5hVWJWWNK2vkNxzZkyfUlfpUrXNqHSLLl6RBWGjINqcYFAo9-2FC48rOgqiFpX-2FWIOZ6eZqpC5TT1qb-2BmEU-3D" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">TheDayWeFightBack.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> makes it clear that something epic is happening.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">On any other day, if you simply call or email your legislators, your voice may be lost -- drowned out amidst all the other issues called in on that day. But if you take action today -- your call or email will be counted among tens of thousands melting phones and inboxes in Washington, DC -- you’ll be part of the history that we’re making today -- the day we fight back.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/jgA/ZgwNAA/j6GrdysET72l1lLCNIH2cQ/h3/g4azD85UId0kU7aiZy4BP6FXGd5hVWJWWNK2vkNxzZkyfUlfpUrXNqHSLLl6RBWGjINqcYFAo9-2FC48rOgqiFpX-2FWIOZ6eZqpC5TT1qb-2BmEU-3D" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Click here to take urgent action to stop NSA spying. </span></a></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">For years, the NSA and a host of other government agencies have exploited secret legal interpretations to undermine our privacy rights -- chilling free speech and activism, and subverting the very underpinnings of our democracy itself.<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">We are demanding that decision makers remedy this by:<br>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Passing the USA FREEDOM Act, which would move us in the right direction and end some of the spying.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Defeating the so-called “FISA Improvements Act”, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s bill that would entrench -- and potentially expand the NSA’s power.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Creating additional privacy protections for people living outside the U.S.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Ending the NSA's subversion of encryption and other data security measures.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/jgA/ZgwNAA/j6GrdysET72l1lLCNIH2cQ/h4/g4azD85UId0kU7aiZy4BP6FXGd5hVWJWWNK2vkNxzZkyfUlfpUrXNqHSLLl6RBWGjINqcYFAo9-2FC48rOgqiFpX-2FWIOZ6eZqpC5TT1qb-2BmEU-3D" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Today we draw a line in the sand. Will you help us stop the NSA’s assault on freedom?</span></a></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Thanks team! After the dust settles from today’s epic protest, we’ll be in touch about the next steps. We’ve got big plans for this spring that will push this movement forward and ruin the NSA’s entire summer. Stay tuned.</span></p>
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