OBL is Dead, Long Live the Patriot Act? | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday May 6, 2011    Weekly Highlight: Renew the Patriot Act? A message and an action request from our friends at DemandProgress.org -------------------- Osama Bin Laden is dead, but will the Patriot Act live on? The Patriot Act was enacted as a supposedly temporary measure in the wake of 9-11.  With Bin Laden's passing, the era of the Patriot Act, of spying on Americans who aren't suspected of crimes, of heavy-handed abuse of our dearly held civil liberties, must come to an end. Click here to urge your lawmakers to fix the Patriot Act -- It'll only take a second. The Patriot Act is up for renewal this month and a key debate is brewing: Our opponents will argue that Bin Laden's death is evidence that the post-9-11 spying regime was justified.  We believe it means that it's time for the government to fix the Patriot Act and start protecting Americans' civil liberties. We need to act now to make sure we win this fight.  Tens of thousands of Demand Progress members have already urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act.  Will you ask Congress and the President to return us to the legal norms that existed before 9-11 and start respecting our civil liberties?  Just click here. Our sincere thanks for joining us in the fight for our civil liberties. David Segal and the Demand Progress team Our Weekly Most Read Views... Chris Hedges: On Osama Bin Laden’s Death Phyllis Bennis: Justice or Vengeance? Kai Wright: The Ability to Kill Osama Bin Laden Does Not Make America Great Barry Lando: Osama Bin Laden -- Everyone's Missing the Point Kathy Kelly: Beyond Retaliation Tom Engelhardt: Dead and Alive: Osama's American Legacy John Nichols: Paul Ryan Gets an Earful as Tour Bombs Jeffrey Sachs: World is Drowning in Corporate fraud David Morris: All Hail the PUBLIC Library John Feffer: Dead Empire Walking: On Playing into Al Qaida's Hands Our Weekly Most Read Headlines... JSOC: The Black Ops Force That Took Down Bin Laden Osama bin Laden Dead, Obama Announces U.S. Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave bin Laden a Free Pass Osama bin Laden Death: Pakistan Says US May Have Breached Sovereignty GM Soy: The Invisible Ingredient 'Poisoning' Children Keep Your Hands Off My Medicare Egypt Warns Israel: Don't Interfere With Opening of Gaza Border Crossing Small Business Owners Demand Repeal of Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich Citizens United Decision Profoundly Affects Political Landscape Onondaga Nation Leaders Blast 'Geronimo' Codename for Bin Laden Home About Us Donate Sign Up Archives Video Highlights... Vandana Shiva: Understanding the Corporate Takeover Jeremy Scahill on Killing of Bin Laden: Obama Has “Doubled Down on Bush Administration Policy of Targeted Assassination” Poet Wendell Berry on Mankind's Ecological Imprint Fighting for the Working Class: Senator Sanders in California Phyllis Bennis: Listening to the People in the Arab World Founded in 1997, CommonDreams.org is an Internet-based progressive news and grassroots activism organization. We are nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. © Copyright 1997-2011 You are subscribed to Common Dreams as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to manage your subscription.