Please protect Fourth Amendment rights and oppose the reauthorisation of
Section 702, originally enacted in the FISA Amendments Act.

That authority -- which lets the U.S. government spy on millions of innocent
people, including Americans -- is scheduled to expire 31 December, and it is
time to let this draconian authority sunset.

When first enacted, Section 702 was sold to Congress as a "targeted"
surveillance authority aimed at foreigners outside the United States. Today, we
know that Americans' private communications are constantly swept up by the
National Security Agency, and there are inadequate privacy measures in place
once such communications are unjustifiably collected. Law enforcement agencies
like the FBI then search through everyone's email, text messages, and more-all
without ever getting a warrant.

These schemes are exactly the type of "general search" fought against by the
founders of the American republic and the authors of the Bill of Rights.
Millions of innocent people are subject to search, and no judge ever reviews or
approves the "targets" of this surveillance.

It is more important now than ever that the United States return to its
fundamental constitutional principles and protections. That's why I'm urging
you to oppose efforts to reauthorise this surveillance, and instead to let the
sun set on mass Internet spying.