We are a proud group of Obama supporters who believe in his call for hope and a new kind of politics. We ask President Obama and the new Congress to reject the politics of fear on national security, and work to get FISA right. If you want to help shape our direction, please join us on Organizing for America,
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, our Google discussion group, and our blog. We are currently focused on the Patriot Act reauthorization hearings in Congress. Here's how you can help.

The House Judiciary Committee markup of the HR 3845 and 3846 Wednesday, November 4. A broad coalition including EFF, the ACLU, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, the American Library association and many other organizations support this legislation.

There's also the Reyes bill in the House, and the Leahy/Feinstein and Sessions bills in the Senate. So the situation is complex. Stay tuned for more.

The Patriot Act Action Hub and our Twazzup page are the best places to track what's going on.

Please help us fix the PATRIOT Act and FISA.



Following along on Twitter
Whether or not you have an account there, Twitter is the best way to follow our activism. Here's the live feed of PATRIOT Act discussions (courtesy of Twazzup).

About Get FISA Right

The "Senator Obama, Please Get FISA Right" MyBo group started organically before a group of volunteers helped it go viral in 2008. Bloggers were undoubtedly instrumental in that effort through their writing----and we need your help again today!

As the MyBo group gained a large following, we used a wiki/collaborative process to create an open letter to Obama. A vast amount of blog coverage begot MSM coverage, and in unprecedented fashion Obama responded to the group both on MyBo and on the Huffington Post. We lost the legislative battle--and the content of Obama's response was not what we were hoping for--but we were successful at helping change the national debate, attaining Obama's attention, and successfully opening up a direct line of communication with him.

Now, with PATRIOT Act and FISA reform coming up, many of us are back and ready to expand upon last summers' successes. Please join us Organizing for America, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Wetpaint. Here's the latest from our blog