In our final push to influence the vote, we're creating a Facebook event for us to watch the vote together. People in the DC area who can get passes will try to fill the gallery during the vote tomorrow -- and we're going to have an online component as well, centered around liveblogging, details TBD.

Here's the Facebook event.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN MAKE IT IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY, PLEASE ACCEPT THE EVENT, INVITE YOUR FRIENDS, FORWARD THE LINK IN EMAIL, AND MENTION IT IN RELEVANT GROUPS! (list below)

If you get an error message from Facebook when inviting friends, try to cut down the number -- 20 at a time seems to work.

If you start getting warned for being a spammer, it's best to stop inviting anybody for at least a few hours; please see How to Respond when Facebook Censors your Political Speech on the Wired how-to wiki for more.

It's a long shot but if we can get enough people on Facebook to respond, that could get some more press and show the breadth of the opposition to telecom immunity and warrantless wiretapping. Events are the most rapidly spreading mechanism on Facebook; it's worth a try. With any luck, we might set a record for the fastest-propagating event.*

To keep up with things, please check back on this page -- or follow us onTwitter!

PS: And of course keep phoning your Senators, in DC and their local offices. We want all their aides to come back to overflowing voicemail boxes in the morning :-) And if you're not already in our group on Facebook, please join!

PPS: no, we don't know what the current record is for fastest-propagating event. And yes, with 1700 people in a group, whatever it is, we should be able to break it.

Get it on Slashdot!

Slashdot's covered us once, and has had several other stories about FISA. We could really use another boost, and the Night of Facebook Action is a great opportunity. Let's emphasize the newsworthiness of a second post by putting the vote delay (now Wednesday) right up front. The vote's delayed, the social network activism is bustling even harder, and now's your chance to stop this thing!

please submit stories about our effort; the Wired story* and Nation article and/or Daniel Ellsberg call to action could be a good combo. Please use "Get FISA Right" in your title, and include a link to theNight of Facebook Action page on the wiki**and getfisaright.com!

Also, if you get a chance, please submit to boingboing as well if they haven't covered us recently -- Slashdot often picks up stories from there ...

* Slashdotters loooove wired
** Don't forget to mention it's on a wiki; Slashdotters loooove wikis

FISA-related groups

Please write on the wall with a link to this page, and send a message to the moderators asking them to do a "message all" If you know of others, please add them. If you start getting warned for being a spammer, please see How to Respond when Facebook Censors your Political Speech on the Wired how-to wiki

• Abolish the Patriot Act now (30,000 members)
• EFF
• Abolish the FISA bill
• Illegal NSA Wiretapping is a bigger problem than the damn minifeed
• Stop the Warrantless Surveillance Program!
• No to wiretapping, no to immunity!
• Warrantless domestic wiretapping
• Another Patriot Act, another proverbial nail in the coffin