Tell Congress, No More Travel Abuses by the Department of Homeland Security!

Tell Congress, No More Travel Abuses by the Department of Homeland Security!

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LINK:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/752010580

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: American Civil Liberties Union

PETITION TEXT:

 Traveling shouldn't mean checking your rights when you're checking your luggage. Yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to ask Americans to sacrifice more and more of their privacy for an illusion of security.

Among the DHS' offenses are:

1. Security agents who search laptops and other electronics as Americans enter the United States, with no suspicion of wrongdoing.

2. Invasive airport scanners that let agents conduct virtual strip searches of passengers.

3. A terrorist watch list with more than 1 million names on it, growing by 20,000 names per month.

4. A proposal to have every traveler wear an "electro-muscular disruption" bracelet that airline personnel or marshals could use to shock passengers into submission.

These policies are invasive, abusive and ineffective. It's time for some sanity when it comes to security. Tell Congress we need humane, effective reforms that will keep us safe while protecting citizens' dignity.

LINK:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/752010580



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The Issue

LINK:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/752010580

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: American Civil Liberties Union

PETITION TEXT:

 Traveling shouldn't mean checking your rights when you're checking your luggage. Yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to ask Americans to sacrifice more and more of their privacy for an illusion of security.

Among the DHS' offenses are:

1. Security agents who search laptops and other electronics as Americans enter the United States, with no suspicion of wrongdoing.

2. Invasive airport scanners that let agents conduct virtual strip searches of passengers.

3. A terrorist watch list with more than 1 million names on it, growing by 20,000 names per month.

4. A proposal to have every traveler wear an "electro-muscular disruption" bracelet that airline personnel or marshals could use to shock passengers into submission.

These policies are invasive, abusive and ineffective. It's time for some sanity when it comes to security. Tell Congress we need humane, effective reforms that will keep us safe while protecting citizens' dignity.

LINK:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/752010580



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Ani L. SchwartzPetition StarterINDEPENDENT CERTIFIED GENIUS; triple Sagittarius VersatileViolinist; ViolaDoubles; BFA, MFA: California Institute of the Arts Big Mouth but know how to Listen; Have a reputation for "thinking like Schwartz" (as a fellow blogger put it). One of my main "religions" is Daoism, the I Ching is one of my "bibles"; Music, Jungian Psychology, Dreams, Life, Synchronicity are some of my others which are all interwoven with each other. Serendipity Rules!!!! Pay Attention to it and you will SEE.
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Petition created on March 3, 2009