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>KEEP THE CALLS COMING TODAY - US/UK Extradition Treaty >in Hearings TOMORROW > >Irish Freedom Committee® ACTION REQUEST >Thurs July 20, 2006 > >URGENT NEED TO ACT TODAY - CALL YOUR SENATORS!!! > >The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the >US/UK Extradition Treaty will go forward TOMORROW - >FRIDAY unless we can block them. There is still time >to call each Senator on the Committee (listed below), >including your local senator (http://www.senate.gov), >to register your concerns regarding this dangerous and >gravely un-American extradition treaty. > >******************* >SEND FAXES!!!! > >FAX LETTERS TO YOUR SENATORS - Link to Sample letter >http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/CAMPAIGNS >/USUK_EXTRADITIONTREATY/sample_letter_to_us_senators_re >_.htm >******************* > >It is vital that members of the Senate Foreign >Relations Committee be aware of your opposition to the >US/UK Extradition Treaty, slated for Hearings on >FRIDAY. > >1. Phone the Foreign Relations Senator's offices – DC >numbers for each are listed below. > >2. Tell the receptionist you are calling regarding the >US/UK Extradition Treaty, ask if they are aware of the >issue. Ask to speak to the Senator's Foreign Relations >staffer. > >3. Identify yourself, and the organization you >represent, if applicable. > >4. Ask if the staffer if the Senator has an opinion on >the proposed US/UK Extradition Treaty and if she/he >will be opposing it or supporting it on Tuesday. > >5. Ask that the senator oppose this draconian and >un-American Treaty that allows a foreign government >judicial and punitive powers against US citizens. >Explain that: a. This proposed Treaty will permit a >foreign government, Britain, to virtually kidnap >American citizens for up to 60 days, even if no >federal law has been violated. > >b. Americans could be arrested and charged on the word >of a sole, unnamed witness. > >c. Americans would be tried in a British court and >imprisoned in a British jail, and the British >government would seize all of the accused's property >and assets. > >d. "Crimes" could be acts such as signing a human >rights petition over ten years ago. There is no >statute of limitations in this proposed Treaty and it >would be applied retroactively. > >e. The requirement for "prima fascea" evidence is made >irrelevant. Merely a government's allegation could >result in criminal charges. > >f. The cherished "political offense exemption" clause, >a pillar of US extradition law since the days of our >founding fathers, would be rendered obsolete under >this Treaty. > >g. The rule of law in the United States, the >entitlement to due process for all American citizens, >and the rights and freedoms guaranteed us by the US >Constitution would be forever altered, perhaps >irreparably, by the sweeping terms written into this >Treaty. > >h. This Treaty is vastly un-American and must be >blocked. Please urge the Senator to oppose the US/UK >Extradition Treaty in Hearings tomorrow! > >6. Ask to be apprised of the Senator's decision next >week. > >7. Provide your contact details including name, >address, and zip code; and telephone and email if >desired. > >8. Thank the representative for their prompt action. > >PLEASE CALL TODAY AND TOMORROW (THURS). To call all >Senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee >will take perhaps an hour of your time – how long will >it take to undue the damage caused by this proposed >Treaty?? > >PHONE THESE MEMBERS OF US SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS >COMMITTEE. Keep calling to urge that they OPPOSE the >draconian and un-American US/UK Extradition Treaty >during the Hearings on Friday > >Senator Richard G. Lugar - R >Chairman >Indiana (202)224-4814 > >Senator Joseph R Biden Jr. - D >Ranking Minority Member >Delaware (202)224-5042 > >Chuck Hagel - R >Nebraska (202)224-4224 > >Lincoln Chafee - R >Rhode Island (202) 224-2921 > >George Allen - R >Virginia (202)224-4024 > >Norm Coleman - R >Minnesota (202)224-5641 > >George V. Voinovich - R >Ohio (202)224-3353 > >Lamar Alexander - R >Tennessee (202)224-4944 > >John E. Sununu - R >New Hampshire (202)224-2841 > >Lisa Murkowski - R >Alaska (202) 224-6665 > >Mel Martinez - R >Florida (202)224-3041 > >Paul S. Sarbanes - D >Maryland (202)224-4524 > >Christopher J. Dodd - D >Connecticut (202)224-2823 > >John F. Kerry - D >Massachusetts (202)224-2742 > >Russell D. Feingold - D >Wisconsin (202)224-5323 > >Barbara Boxer - D >California (202)224-3553 > >Bill Nelson - D >Florida (202)224-5274 > >Barack Obama - D >Illinois (312)886-3506 / (202)224-2854 > >***************** >For more information and talking points please see the >Irish Freedom Committee central Action Page on the >Treaty at: >http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/CAMPAIGNS >/USUK_EXTRADITIONTREATY/extradition_treaty_ACTION.htm > >FAX LETTERS TO YOUR SENATORS - Link to Sample letter >http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/CAMPAIGNS >/USUK_EXTRADITIONTREATY/sample_letter_to_us_senators_re >_.htm > >***************** > >© The Irish Freedom Committee – Please forward widely >with credits http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net > >Back to US/UK Extradition Treaty ACTION info > >The IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE®

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