AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY OPPOSES WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS

American Independent Party | June 30, 2006 | Nancy Spirkoff

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY OPPOSES WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS Lemon Grove, California, June 30, 2006

The increasing unwarranted surveillance of law abiding citizens by the Federal government is a grave infringement upon our rights to be secure in our persons, property and information. The deployment of intelligence gathering designed for use against foreign adversaries by the Nation Security Agency/Central Security Service on U.S. citizens violates the letter and spirit of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Furthermore, co-operation of some telephone companies and internet service providers with these unreasonable searches and illegal collection of private information breaches the trust implied in the service contracts to which we agree as their customers.

The American Independent Party is concerned that, in response to the so-called “war on terrorism”, Americans are giving up their civil liberties and rights of privacy, to a government being made all powerful; and that governmental powers, enlarged in the name of fighting terrorism, are now turned against citizens with no connection to terrorism. The American Independent Party will be on guard to protect the people from such abuse by government of its powers.

The American Independent Party believes that government must be conducted in the full light of public scrutiny. Secrecy is the tool of dictatorship, not of government of, by and for the people. We pledge our full support of all necessary legislation to assure full disclosure to the people of the activities of their government.

We have witnessed the massive misuse of governmental power to harass citizens and interfere with their basic constitutional rights. The American Independent Party condemns all such abuses by government, including illegal surveillance and wire-tapping, creation of enemy lists, burglary, harassment of citizens by the IRS, BATF or other government agencies, and conspiratorial interference with citizen participation in the election process. We are opposed to the granting to the government of any expanded authority to conduct electronic surveillance activities. We support the full retention in all aspects of the original Posse Comitatus Act as approved by the Congress in 1878, and the complete separation of our national military from all state, county, and local police functions.

American Independent Party Candidates and Members pledge to: • Protect the right to life of the innocent unborn;

• Stop the undeclared wars which are daily costing American lives and billions of tax dollars;

• Stop reckless spending, including foreign aid, and take care of America’s domestic needs;

• End debt financing of both Federal and State governments;

• End the Federal income tax, and restore a tariff based revenue system;

• Immediately terminate international trade agreements such as NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO, and the proposed FTAA, and stop sending high paying American jobs to foreign countries;

• Reduce immigration, and stop all government subsidies to illegal aliens; no driver’s licenses for illegal aliens; deport all illegal aliens;

• Defend America’s moral values; keep God in the pledge of allegiance;

• Support high standards in education, including encouragement of private schools and home schooling;

• Stop the pillaging of consumers and taxpayers by the energy/utility monopolies;

• Defend Second Amendment rights;

• Restore a debt free, interest free money system;

• Uphold traditional marriage and family values.

Vote American Independent: the only party fighting for a return to Constitutional government.

For more information contact: Nancy Shearer Spirkoff State Chairman, American Independent Party 8158 Palm Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945 619-460-4484 sdaip@cox.net http://www.aipca.org/ ###

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That's nice....

[Commander8]

They keep looking more and more good to me year after year.

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The New American article, "The Surveillance State Unveiled"
by Thomas R. Eddlem
http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/publish/printer_3991.shtml
demonstrates also the ineffectiveness of violating the Fourth Amendment in the war against terror, and propensity for abuse by government officials when this violation becomes policy.


Yours,
Douglas

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All,

The scope and dangers of domestic spying are documented in the 24 July 2006 issue of "The New American" http://www.thenewamerican.com/ . The opposition to these policies by the American Independent Party is based on Constitutional principles and the documented government abuses.
The on-line version of this issue of "The New American" is located at:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman/exec/search.cgi?fields=art_field3&keyword=July%2024,%202006 .

Yours,
Douglas