Coalition Letter to Senator Reid Asking for Public Hearings on Any Changes to FISA (September 2007)

We write to ask you to insist on public hearings on any proposed legislation to alter the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before either the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence or the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on such legislation. Public hearings with Members of both committees on any proposed legislation involving surveillance that affects the rights of people in the U.S. are greatly needed. This opportunity for public examination is essential.