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Breaking News: FBI Whistleblower Instrumental in Exposing Constitutional Violations |
In today's Washington Post, we learned that for years the FBI engaged in systemic constitutional violations of our civil liberties. After 9/11, FBI officials went outside the law and obtained the phone records of many Americans with no connection to terrorism. This over-collection of data harms our nation's security and undermines properly targeted terrorism investigations. We know that FBI whistleblower Bassem Youssef was instrumental in exposing and stopping this illegal FBI domestic surveillance program. He should be protected, not punished, for doing the right thing.
It
is imperative that you contact your senators and congressmen and tell
them to support the passage of H.R. 1507, which would protect all
intelligence agency whistleblowers. The version currently pending in the
Senate would allow FBI director Mueller and other intelligence agency
directors, to terminate Mr. Youssef, or any other whistleblower, without
judicial review.
TAKE
ACTION! Tell your representatives to support H.R. 1507!
Who
will have the courage to stand up to civil right abuses like this if
they know there will be no judicial remedy if they suffer retaliation?
TAKE
ACTION: Tell Congress retaliation against national security
whistleblowers is unacceptable!
Mr. Youssef, the
highest-ranking fluent Arabic speaking FBI agent, is just the type of
loyal American we need in our intelligence services. Mr. Youssef is a
highly decorated FBI employee with over 20 years of service to this
country, including a 1995 Director of Central Intelligence Award
he received for his key role in one of America's most successful Middle
Eastern counterterrorism operations.
Show your support for Mr.
Youssef by sending a message to your representatives and then forwarding
this message to your friends and family. National security
employees are vital to exposing these civil rights abuses and they
deserve our protection!
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Support strong whistleblower rights for federal employees. Contact Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), as well as your own Senators, and tell them you support the whistleblower protections contained in H.R. 1507. Take Action! 
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