HELP PROTECT FREEDOM OF SPEECH - ACT NOW!

Support the Free Speech Protection Act - Urgent!

If free speech is important to you, if you believe that people like me, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Sean Hannity, Steve Emerson, Bob Spencer and others who write and expose vital information about the threat of Islamofacism to our liberty and freedoms should be protected to continue sounding the alarm, PLEASE copy and paste the letter below and send it to Members and staff on the Judiciary Committees in the House and Senate (listed below). Identify yourself as a patriotic voter, and that you strongly request that they support the passage of the Free Speech Protection Act.

You can also enter your elected officials' phone numbers in your cell phone and call them while you are stuck in traffic and voice your opinion. Every email or phone call represents 1000 voters. Here is the science behind the numbers: If 40 people in each state contact their elected official about an issue, that number represents 40,000 voters on election day. That can make or break an election. This is why every phone call gets the elected official's attention.

Let's jam their lines and swamp their emails. Together we can make a difference!

Rising in defense of our security, our liberty and our values.

Thank you, Brigitte Gabriel




Dear....

The Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 ( S-2977 & H.R. 5814), was introduced by U.S. Rep. Pete King (R., N.Y.) and co-sponsored by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D., N.Y.), and a Senate companion bill by Senator Arlen Specter (R., PA) and Joseph Lieberman (I- CT), and co-sponsored by NY senior Senator Chuck Schumer. With Schumer on board, and others joining, the Free Speech Protection Act can be adopted before Congress adjourns this summer.

It’s important to take immediate measures to defend our ability to inform the public and protect our free speech rights - now under attack by Saudis using the British legal system. I can’t think of a more important and urgent law Congress and you can be proud of than the Free Speech Protection Act.

This legislation builds on New York State's "Libel Terrorism Protection Act," aka "Rachel's Law.” The NY law, and the proposed federal legislation, grew from the court battles of New York journalist and terrorism investigator, Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, whom a Saudi billionaire sued in Great Britain for Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed - And How to Stop It—although she is American and her book sold here, not in the U.K. But plaintiff-friendly British libel laws have made London a Mecca for libel tourists wishing to intimidate authors worldwide.

The suit against Dr. Ehrenfeld–like 40 previous cases that silenced many other American and New York authors–is an obvious attempt to dilute First Amendment protections of free press, and prevent investigations of terror-financing.

The British Guardian wrote on July 15, “English libel law is an international menace, a national disgrace, a pre-democratic anachronism. It defends crooks, terrorists and tyrants from investigation. It threatens the free speech of people all over the world and causes untold damage to the reputation of this country.”

In a tremendous victory for free speech rights and to provide legal protections from "libel terrorism" to New York authors and publishers, the Libel Terrorism Protection Act, aka "Rachel's Law," was adopted unanimously—in less than 3 months(!) by the NY legislature and signed into law by Gov. David Patterson on April 30, 2008.

Pat Schroder, President of the Association of American publishers stated: “We’ve supported Rachel Ehrenfeld in her court battles....Now we’d like to see the fight taken to another level with enactment of federal legislation.”

Senators Specter and Lieberman note that the English Libel Laws threaten the "free-flowing marketplace of ideas" which "enables the ideals of democracy to defeat the totalitarian vision of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations." Free speech in the U.S. “is under sharp attack through foreign courts, where dozens of mendacious libel suits have intimidated and silenced American authors and U.S. publishers.”

“The new legislation would not shield those who recklessly or maliciously print false information. It would ensure that Americans are held to and protected by American standards,“ wrote Senators Specter and Lieberman. The new Free Speech Act bars U.S. courts from enforcing libel judgments issued in foreign courts against U.S. residents, if the speech would not be libelous under American law. The bill also permits American authors and publishers to countersue if the material is protected by the First Amendment. If a jury finds that the foreign suit is part of a scheme to suppress free speech rights, it may award damages.

PLEASE, Help vote the Free Speech Act into Law. American Writers need it to be able to unearth the truth, and publish it without any censorship by foreign courts.

Sincerely,


YOUR NAME HERE



Below is contact information for the Senatorial Judiciary Committee, the Congressional Judiciary Committee, and Staff.

General Judiciary Committee - http://judiciary.house.gov/about/contact.html

Staff Majority Communications Director Jonathan Godfrey - (202) 225-3951

Majority Press Secretary/Spokesperson Melanie Roussell - (202) 225-3951

Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel Perry Apelbaum - (202) 225-3951

Minority Chief of Staff/General Counselor - (202) 226-0002

Minority Communications Director Kim Smith - (202) 225-6906

Senators on Committee

NY Charles Schumer - http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/webform.cfm
Press Secretary Brian Fallon - (202) 224-7433

VT Patrick J. Leahy - http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Press Secretary Erica Chabot - (202) 224-2154

MA Edward Kennedy - http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm
Press Secretary Melissa Wagoner - (202) 224-2633

DE Joseph Biden - http://biden.senate.gov/services/contact/
Press Secretary Elizabeth Alexander - (202) 224-2154

WI Herbert Kohl - http://kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html
Press Secretary Lynn Becker - (202) 224-2240

WI Russ Feingold - http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html
Press Secretary Zach Lowe - (202) 224-8657

CA Dianne Feinstein - http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe
Press Secretary Scott Gerber - (202) 224-8657

IL Richard Durbin - http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm#contact
Press Secretary Joe Shoemaker - (202) 224-7028

MD Benjamin Cardin - http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Press Secretary Sue Walitsky - (202) 224-7433

RI Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse - http://whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/
Press Secretary Alex Swartsel - (202) 224-7433

PA Arlen Specter - http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Press Secretary Chris Gindlesperger - (202) 224-5225

UT Orrin Hatch - http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Press Secretary Mark Eddington (202) 224-5251
IA Charles Grassley - http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Press Secretary Beth Levine - (202) 224-6197

AZ Jon Kyl - http://kyl.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm
Press Secretary Andrew Wilder - (202) 224-4521

AL Jeff Sessions - http://sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ConstituentServices.ContactMe
Press Secretary Michael Brumas - (202) 224-4124

SC Lindsey Graham - http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham
Press Secretary Wes Hickman - (202) 224-5972

TX John Cornyn - http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Press Secretary Brian Walsh - (202) 224-2934

KS Sam Brownback - http://brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.cfm
Press Secretary John Rankin - (202) 224-6521

OK Tom Coburn - http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.Home
Press Secretary John Hart - (202) 224-5754

Congressional Representatives

NY-9th Anthony Weiner - http://weiner.house.gov/email_anthony.aspx

NY-8th Jerrold Nadler – Tel: 202-225-5635
http://www.house.gov/nadler/emailform.shtml

CA-24th Elton Gallegly - https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

CA-3rd Dan Lungren - https://forms.house.gov/lungren/forms/email.shtml

CA-29th Adam Schiff - http://schiff.house.gov/HoR/CA29/Contact+Information/Contact+Form.htm

CA-28th Howard Berman - http://www.house.gov/berman/contact/index.shtml

CA-16th Zoe Lofgren - http://lofgren.house.gov/emailform.shtml

CA-35th Maxine Waters - http://www.house.gov/waters/IMA/issue.htm

CA-39th Linda Sanchez - http://www.lorettasanchez.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=17

CA-27th Brad Sherman - http://www.house.gov/sherman/contact/

CA-49th Darrell Issa - http://issa.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

MI 14th John Conyers (Chair) - http://capwiz.com/aipac/webreturn/?url=http://www.house.gov/conyers

VA-9th Rick Boucher - http://www.boucher.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=645&Itemid

VA-3rd Bobby Scott – https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

VA-6th Bob Goodlatte - http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/emailbob.htm

VA-4th Randy Forbes - http://forbes.house.gov/zipauth.html

NC-12th Rep. Melvin Watt - http://www.house.gov/formwatt/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm

MA-10th William Delahunt - William.Delahunt@mail.house.gov

FL-8th Ric Keller - https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

FL-24th Tom Feeney - carissa@tomfeeney.com

FL-20th Debbie Wasserman Schultz - http://wassermanschultz.house.gov/zipauth.htm

FL-19th Robert Wexler - http://wexler.house.gov/email.shtml

TN-9th Stephen Cohen - http://cohen.house.gov/index.php?option=com_email_form&Itemid=111

GA-4th Hank Johnson - http://hankjohnson.house.gov/contact_hank_write.shtml

OH-13th Betty Sutton - http://sutton.house.gov/about/emailform.cfm

IL-4th Luis Gutierrez - http://luisgutierrez.house.gov/singlepage.aspx?newsid=1262

WI-2nd Tammy Baldwin - http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/get_address.html

AL-7th Artur Davis - http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/zipauth.shtml

MN-5th Keith Ellison - http://ellison.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87

TX-21st Lamar S. Smith (Ranking Member) - http://lamarsmith.house.gov/contact.aspx?section=Mail

TX-18th Sheila Jackson Lee - https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

TX-1st Louie Gohmert - http://gohmert.house.gov/contact_louie.htm

WI-5th F. James Sensenbrenner - http://sensenbrenner.house.gov/email_zip.htm

NC-6th Howard Coble - howard.coble@mail.house.gov

UT-3rd Chris Cannon - cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov

IN-6th Mike Pence - https://forms.house.gov/pence/IMA/contact_form.htm

IA-5th Steve King – pete.king@mail.house.gov

AZ-2nd Trent Franks - https://forms.house.gov/franks/email_zipcheck.shtml

OH-4th Jim Jordan - http://jordan.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml

OH-1st Steve Chabot - http://www.house.gov/chabot/zipauth.shtml