I urge you to oppose S.2453, the National Security Surveillance Act,
and also S.2455, the Terrorist Surveillance Act.  Both of these bills
would give the executive branch unchecked power that it simply doesn't
need.  The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) already
permits the executive to act temporarily without a warrant when time
is critical.  Legalisation of the Bush government's practice of
warrantless wiretapping would threaten privacy and chill free speech
without producing any security benefit over and above what's already
possible within FISA.