[CASL-L] Fwd: Sneaky plan to pass CISA this week

[Cathy Andronik]

Just finished listening to a book called Data and Goliath, about corporate and government surveillance.  If you weren't paranoid and seeing black helicopters before, you will be after reading that book.  And it's based on the situation pre-2014.  Scary stuff.

Cathy Andronik
Teacher Librarian
Brien McMahon HS
Norwalk
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On Tue, 12/8/15, Kwidz <kwidz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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 Hey, we just got word that pro-surveillance forces in the
 House of Representatives are pushing hard for a backroom
 deal that would force a rushed vote on a final version of
 CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, this
 week.
 
 Here’s the worst part: the final version of the
 bill appears even more draconian than expected, with the
 last vestiges of privacy protections stripped out. [1]
 
 
 The final language is somewhat of a “Frankenstein”
 bill that combines the worst aspects of several cyber bills
 that Congress has been considering. It’s more than 100
 pages long, but Paul Ryan, the new Speaker of the House, is
 trying to steamroll dissenting voices and ram through a vote
 before anyone has even had time to read the whole thing.
 
 Remember the PATRIOT Act? This could be even worse. But
 it’s also a risky play -- if enough members of Congress
 get upset about this abusive manipulation of Congressional
 process, CISA could implode.
 
 Time-sensitive: click
 here to tweet at Paul Ryan right now telling him not to
 force a vote on CISA.
 
 Not on twitter? Call his office at: (202)
 225-3031
 
 Things are moving extremely quickly, so timing is
 everything. There’s no time for emails or petitions to
 Congress to get through right now, but we’ve been hearing
 more and more from staffers on Capitol Hill that they
 *really* notice when they get a lot of tweets about an
 issue. 
 
 Sometimes even just a few dozen tweets can be
 enough to affect a Representative's vote. 
 
 We need to make sure that Paul Ryan gets the message that
 CISA is politically toxic. That’s the only way to slow it
 down.
 
 But to help make that happen, we also need to get some of
 the members of the “Freedom Caucus,” who ostensibly
 oppose overly broad government surveillance, to speak up and
 oppose Ryan’s dirty dealing.
 
 If you only have a second, click
 here to tweet at Rep.Paul Ryan to slow down
 CISA.
 
 If you have two seconds, click
 here to also tweet at Rep. Mike McCaul, who is the other key
 player in these negotiations.
 
 
 
 And if you've got two minutes, please go down the
 list below and tweet at these other key members of the House
 who can help stop CISA from barreling through without any
 meaningful review of the final text.
 
 
 Rep.
 Justin Amash
 
 Rep.
 Jeff Duncan
 
 Rep.
 John Ratcliffe
 
 Rep.
 Curt Clawson
 
 Rep.
 Barry Loudermilk
 
 Rep.
 Mark Walker
 
 Rep.
 Will Hurd
 
 
 Did you make it through the whole list? You’re a true
 Internet hero.
 
 Thanks for all that you do. We’ll keep you posted as
 things develop.
 
 -Jeff at FFTF
 
 P.S. To understand one of the less-discussed dangers of
 CISA, check out this
 CNN article about how corporations and the government
 collude to hide major hacks. CISA would give more companies
 legal immunity and cover for this type of abuse.
 
 [1] The Hill. Cyber bill’s final language likely to
 anger privacy advocates. http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/262281-cyber-bills-final-language-will-anger-privacy-advocates
             
 
           
 
         
       
     
 
   
                   
 
               
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           
                             
 
                               
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