"Congressman John Conyers " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:38:41 -0500
Subject: FISA Call to Action
FISA Call to Action
Dear Theresa:
The Senate will soon consider legislation addressing the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA). I emailed you about this issue recently responding to
inaccuracies in the press about Democratic efforts to improve protection of
civil liberties. I am writing you today to update you on the current state of
the bill and to ask for your help.
One critical question being considered in the Senate's FISA bill is whether
to offer telecom companies retroactive immunity for any actions they undertook
in the wireless surveillance program. The Bush Administration has claimed that
this is necessary for national security reasons, but I am skeptical.
If the Administration was serious about arguing for this immunity, I suspect
they would take steps to demonstrate to Congress the extent of this
surveillance program and what role the phone companies played. Yet they have
refused to share even this information with the House. Clearly, it is a bit
much to ask for immunity from prosecution without explaining why it is
necessary.
Because of these reservations, the House-passed FISA bill did not include the
immunity the president sought. In the Senate, however, it is becoming clear
that a tough battle will now ensue over this provision. Senator Chris Dodd of
Connecticut has been a vocal opponent of telecom immunity and has promised to
filibuster any FISA legislation that includes this provision.
Senator Dodd needs your help right now. Please visit his site and lend your
support to the filibuster now. Your help can make a difference at this
important juncture.
Thank you again for your continued support for a better democracy.
Your Friend,
John Conyers, Jr.
johnconyers.com
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:57:23 -0800
From: "Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Theresa J.Steed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Halliburton and Rape
Click here to add your name:
"Congress must investigate the rape of Jamie Leigh Jones and others, hold those
involved accountable, and bring US contractors under the jurisdiction of US
law."
Sign the petition
Support Jamie Leigh Jones' Foundation
Jamie started an organization to help US citizens who are victims of sexual
abuse, rape and harassment while working abroad for federal contractors,
corporations or the government. Her organization wants to ensure that overseas
contractors and corporations act responsibly, and those who commit crimes are
held accountable.Click Here to Support Her Foundation
Dear MoveOn member,
Jamie Leigh Jones was a 20-year-old woman working in Iraq for a subsidiary of
Halliburton when she was drugged and brutally gang-raped by several co-workers.
The next day, Halliburton told her that if she left Iraq to get medical
treatment, she could lose her job.1
Jamie's story gets even more horrific: For the last two years, she's been
asking the US government to hold the perpetrators accountable. But the men who
raped her may never be brought to justice because Halliburton and other
contractors in Iraq aren't subject to US or Iraqi laws. They can't be tried for
a crime in any court.2
This is one of the most disturbing stories we have come across in a while.
We're calling on Congress to investigate Jamie's case, hold those involved
accountable, and bring US contractors under the jurisdiction of US law so this
can't happen again. If hundreds of thousands of us speak out against this
outrageous story, we can force Congress to take action.
Can you sign the petition? The text is in the blue box at the right. Clicking
below will add your name.
http://pol.moveon.org/contractors_accountable/o.pl?id=11809-3191873-TibZ0Z&t=3
After you sign, please forward this email to friends, family and
colleagueswe all need to speak out together.
When you get an email from us, it doesn't usually include a graphic
description of a brutal attack. But when we heard this story, we knew we had to
do something about it.
Here's how Jamie described what happened after the attack:
I awoke the next morning in the barracks to find my naked body battered and
bruised. I was still groggy from whatever had been put in my drink. I was
bleeding... After getting to the clinic and having a rape kit performed...I was
locked in a container with no food, no way to call my parents, and was placed
under armed guard by Halliburton.3
Jamie's attackers aren't the only ones exploiting a legal loophole to get
away with their violent crimes. Another female employee of Halliburton says she
was raped by her co-workers in Iraq.4 Employees of Blackwater, another private
contracting firm in Iraq, were accused of killing innocent Iraqi civilians, and
that incident turned into an international scandal. Worst of all, they may
never be punished.5
Private contractors in Iraq are making massive amounts of money, operating
above the law and are accountable to no one. This has to stop.
Congress needs to act now to bring these contractors under the rule of law.
If they don't, nothing will prevent a case like Jamie's from happening again.
No man or woman working in Iraq should have to fear that they can be attacked
without consequences.
Please sign on to the petition: "Congress must investigate the rape of Jamie
Leigh Jones and others, hold those involved accountable, and bring US
contractors under the jurisdiction of US law." Clicking below adds your name:
http://pol.moveon.org/contractors_accountable/o.pl?id=11809-3191873-TibZ0Z&t=4
Thanks for all you do,
Nita, Wes, Karin, Marika, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Sources:
1. "Halliburton hit in rape lawsuit," New York Daily News, December 11, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3274&id=11809-3191873-TibZ0Z&t=6
2. "Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR," ABC News, December
10, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=3977702
3. Jamie's Journal, The Jamie Leigh Foundation
http://www.jamiesfoundation.org/Jamie.htm
4. "Female ex-employees sue KBR, Halliburtonreport," Reuters, June 29, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3275&id=11809-3191873-TibZ0Z&t=7
5."Blackwater Probe Narrows Focus to Guards," Associated Press, December 8,
2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3276&id=11809-3191873-TibZ0Z&t=9
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