FIGHT US-UK EXTRADITION TREATY!!

NATIONWIDE FAX BLITZ - FRIDAY SEPT. 1st 2006

Sample letter

Senate Fax Numbers

Read more about the US-UK Extradition Treaty

On THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7th the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will return to hearings on the US-UK Extradition Treaty. A vote at these hearings will determine whether the treaty goes on to the full Senate for ratification, or if it is postponed or dropped. 

This treaty will allow a foreign, alien-based government (Britain) the right to come in to the United States and virtually kidnap, arrest, and extradite any American to Britain, where they will be jailed in a British prison and tried and sentenced in a British courtroom. “Crimes” could include activities that are not classed as Federal offenses in the US, or that would be exempt in a US courtroom under US law. A guilty verdict can rest on the word of a single, unknown witness and without “prima fasciae” physical evidence; and may be relating to political activity taking place up to a decade or more ago, as this Treaty provides for no statute of limitations. Furthermore, any of the victim’s US assets and properties will be seized and appropriated by the British government.

The Irish Freedom Committee needs your help in getting the message to the US Senate that our rights as US citizens should NOT be compromised for the will of a disgraced foreign government. The British record of gross human rights and judicial abuses speaks volumes for what extradited Americans would face under this appalling treaty. Witness what British security forces, courts and jail cells have left to the record of history – internment without trial, rampant forensics doctoring, Diplock military-style no-jury courts, extra-judicial execution, torture of political prisoners in British jails, world-renowned cases of persons falsely accused and knowingly imprisoned by Britain for decades. 

WE MUST SHOW OUR STRENGTH.

While the British Government is going on an all-out offensive against this treaty, US Senators need OUR VOTES. Let’s show them what we have to offer – the strength of our vote!!

NATIONWIDE FAX BLITZ

Starting TOMORROW – FRIDAY SEPT. 1st – let’s man the fax machines and join a nationwide FAX BLITZ effort on the US Senate. Dozens of Irish American community and activist groups will take part in this effort. A full list of US Senate fax numbers follows. Don’t have a fax machine? Info below on how you can get one on your computer. 

SAMPLE LETTER

Copy and past the text below into a document, add your Senator’s name on top and your name and address (as it appears on your Voters Registration card) on the bottom -- for a MASS MAILING simply include your own name and address. OR target each Senator individually and use your own words, keep it short and to the point, firm and polite.

If you can’t set up your computer’s fax machine (Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > Set up Fax) you can get unlimited faxes for one month for $4.95 here: http://www.faxmicro.com/ or at a variety of other on-line sources (Google “free online fax”).

Send your faxes to as many of the Senators below as you can!!! Start with your own state Senators and go through each of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee members, and keep on going. We are asking for participation in this Fax Blitz through to Thursday Sept. 7th. YOUR VOICE COUNTS!!
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>>copy and paste Sample letter or use your own words. For a MASS MAILING remove the underscore indicating the Senator’s last name at the introduction and at the end>>
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Dear Senator _____________;

I am writing to you today as an active voter and as an American citizen who is deeply concerned that the rights that I and so many other Americans hold so dear are in danger of being permanently and irretrievably eroded at the behest of a foreign government.

I am referring to the proposed US-UK Extradition Treaty [Treaty Doc. 108-23] which the British government is making an extraordinary effort on Capitol Hill to rush into US law.

I am alarmed that the US Constitution and the rights of American citizens to a fair trial are being swept aside to abide by pressure from the British government to reciprocate on a Treaty that neither its own Parliament, nor its own citizens, were privy to vote on.

This Treaty allows for Americans to be forcefully extradited to, and imprisoned by, Britain -- a foreign nation with no Bill of Rights. Furthermore, the British record of gross human rights and judicial abuses in Ireland speaks volumes for what extradited Americans would face under this appalling treaty. The British record on human rights and ‘fair’ trials speaks for itself with documented collusion between its security forces and loyalist paramilitary organizations in the North of Ireland; mass internment of innocent civilians without trial; rampant forensics doctoring; Diplock military-style, no-jury courts; extra-judicial execution by security forces; documented torture of political prisoners in British jails; and world-renowned cases of persons falsely accused and knowingly imprisoned by Britain for decades. 

Furthermore this Treaty unnecessarily expands on the existing 1986 Supplemental Treaty in removing the political exemption clause, leaving this US-UK Extradition Treaty open to abuse in unfairly targeting American on account of their race, creed, nationality or political opinion.

Senator ___________ I am appealing to you to stand fast and to uphold the ideals of the United States of America as a land where the oppressed of the world have come, perhaps your own forebears included, to escape the political or military oppression of a tyrannical foreign government.

Please do not sign your name to this horrific and anti-American document. Please at the very least allow time for a proper and in-depth examination of the ramifications of this draconian British Extradition Treaty. To sign this Treaty into law would be the death knell of freedom in America, and the ushering in of British rule in the United States once again.

Yours very sincerely;


YOUR NAME 
YOUR STREET ADDRESS

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FAX NUMBERS of US SENATE 

Following is a complete list of Fax numbers for all members of the US Senate. Members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who are voting on THURSDAY SEPT. 7th on whetjjer to send this Treaty to the full Senate, are as follows:
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If your US Senator is a member of the SFRC please REDOUBLE your efforts! Fax numbers for all are included below.

SFRC MEMBERS

Senator Richard G. Lugar IN, Senator Joseph R Biden DE, Chuck Hagel NE, Lincoln Chafee RI, George Allen VA, Norm Coleman MN, George V. Voinovich OH, Lamar Alexander TN, John E. Sununu - NH, Lisa Murkowski AK, Mel Martinez FL, Paul S. Sarbanes MD, Christopher J. Dodd CT, John F. Kerry MA, Russell D. Feingold WI, Barbara Boxer CA, Bill Nelson FL, Barack Obama IL
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Fax Numbers for All Members of the United States Senate

Alabama
Senator Washington Fax Alabama Fax___
Jeff Sessions (202) 224 – 3149 (334) 244 – 7091
Richard Shelby (202) 224 – 3416 (205) 759 – 5067

Alaska
Senator Washington Fax Alaska Fax_____
Lisa Murkowski (202) 224 – 6665 (907) 276 – 4081
Ted Stevens (202) 224 – 2354 (907) 258 – 9305

Arizona
Senator Washington Fax Arizona Fax____
Jon Kyl (202) 224 – 2207 (602) 957 - 6838
John McCain (202) 228 – 2862 (602) 952 – 8702

Arkansas
Senator Washington Fax Arkansas Fax___
Blanche L. Lincoln (202) 228 – 1371 (501) 375 - 7064
Mark Pryor (202) 228 – 0908 (501) 324 – 5320

California
Senator Washington Fax California Fax__
Barbara Boxer (415) 956 - 6701 (559) 497 - 5111
Dianne Feinstein (202) 228 – 3954 (415) 989 – 3242

Colorado
Senator Washington Fax Colorado Fax__
Wayne Allard (202) 224 – 6471 (719) 636 - 2590
Ken Salazar (202) 228 – 5036 (303) 455 – 8851

Connecticut
Senator Washington Fax Connecticut Fax_
Christopher Dodd (202) 224 – 1083 (860) 258 – 6958
Joseph Lieberman (202) 224 – 9750 (860) 549 – 8478

Delaware
Senator Washington Fax Delaware Fax___
Joseph Biden (202) 224 – 0139 (302) 573 - 6351
Thomas Carper (202) 228 – 2190 (302) 573 – 6434

Florida
Senator Washington Fax Florida Fax____ 
Mel Martinez (202) 228 – 5171 (407) 423 – 0941 
Bill Nelson (202) 228 – 2183 (407) 872 – 7165

Georgia
Senator Washington Fax Georgia Fax___
Saxby Chambliss (202) 224 – 0103 (770) 226 - 8633
Johnny Isakson (202) 228 – 0724 (770) 661 – 0768

Hawaii
Senator Washington Fax Hawaii Fax____ 
Daniel Akaka (202) 224 – 6361 (808) 545 - 4683
Daniel Inouye (202) 224 –6747 (808) 541 – 2549

Idaho
Senator Washington Fax Idaho Fax_____
Larry Craig (202) 228 – 1067 (208) 765 – 1743
Michael Crapo (202) 228 – 1375 (208) 334 – 9044

Illinois
Senator Washington Fax Illinois Fax ____
Richard Durbin (202) 228 – 0400 (217) 492 – 4382
(312) 353 – 0150 
Barack Obama (202) 228 – 5417 (312) 886 – 3514

Indiana
Senator Washington Fax Indiana Fax____
Richard G. Lugar (202) 228 – 0360 (317) 226 – 5508 
Evan Bayh (202) 228 – 1377 (317) 554 – 0760

Iowa
Senator Washington Fax Iowa Fax______
Charles Grassley (202) 224 – 6020 (515) 288 – 1145 
Tom Harkin (202) 224 – 9369 (515) 284 – 4937

Kansas
Senator Washington Fax Kansas Fax____
Sam Brownback (202) 228 – 1265 (785) 233 – 2616
Pat Roberts (202) 224 – 3514 (620) 227 – 2264

Kentucky
Senator Washington Fax Kentucky Fax__
Jim Bunning 202) 228 – 1373 (859) 331 - 7445
Mitch McConnell (202) 224 – 2499 (502) 582 – 5326

Louisiana
Senator Washington Fax Louisiana Fax__
David Vitter 202) 228 – 5061 (337) 262 – 6373
Mary Landrieu (202) 224 – 9735 (225) 389 – 0660

Maine
Senator Washington Fax Maine Fax___
Susan Collins (202) 224 – 2693 (207) 990 – 4604
Olympia J. Snowe (202) 224 – 1946 (207) 622 – 7295

Maryland
Senator Washington Fax Maryland Fax__
Barbara Mikulski (202) 224 – 8858 (410) 962 - 4760
Paul Sarbanes (202) 224 – 1651 (410) 962 – 4156

Massachusetts
Senator Washington Fax Massachusetts Fax_
Edward Kennedy (202) 224 – 2417 (617) 565 - 3183
John Kerry (202) 224 – 8525 (617) 248 – 3870

Michigan
Senator Washington Fax Michigan Fax__
Carl Levin (202) 224 – 6221 (313) 226 - 6948
Debbie Stabenow (202) 228 – 0325 (517) 203 – 1778

Minnesota
Senator Washington Fax Minnesota Fax__
Mark Dayton (202) 228 – 2186 (612) 727 – 5223
Norm Coleman (202) 224 – 1152 (651) 645 – 3110

Mississippi
Senator Washington Fax Mississippi Fax_
Thad Cochran (202) 224 – 9450 (601) 965 – 4919 
Trent Lott (202) 224 – 2262 (601) 965 – 4007

Missouri
Senator Washington Fax Missouri Fax_
Christopher Bond 202) 224 – 8149 (573) 634 – 6005
James Talent (202) 228 – 1518 (314) 432 – 5694

Montana
Senator Washington Fax Montana Fax___
Max Baucus 202) 224 – 4700 (406) 728 - 7610
Conrad Burns (202) 224 – 8594 (406) 252 – 7768

Nebraska
Senator Washington Fax Nebraska’s Fax_
Chuck Hagel (202) 224 – 5213 (402) 758 - 9165
Ben Nelson (202) 228 – 0012 (402) 476 – 8753

Nevada
Senator Washington Fax Nevada Fax _
Harry Reid (202) 224 – 7327 (702) 388 – 5030
John Ensign (202) 228 – 2193 (702) 388 – 6501

New Hampshire
Senator Washington Fax New Hampshire Fax
Judd Gregg (202) 224 – 4952 (603) 224 - 0198
John Sununu (202) 228 – 4131 (603) 647 -- 9352

New Jersey
Senator Washington Fax New Jersey Fax_
Robert Menendez (202) 228 – 2197 (973) 645 - 0502
Frank Lautenberg 202) 228 – 4054 (973) 639 – 8723

New Mexico
Senator Washington Fax New Mexico Fax_
Jeff Bingaman (202) 224 – 2852 (505) 346 – 6780
Pete Domenici (202) 228 – 3261 (505) 346 – 6720

New York
Senator Washington Fax New York Fax_
Hillary Clinton (202) 228 – 0282 (212) 688 - 7444
Charles Schumer (202) 228 – 3027 (212) 486 – 7693

North Carolina
Senator Washington Fax North Carolina Fax_
Richard Burr (202) 228 – 2981 (336) 631 - 5125
Elizabeth Dole (202) 224 – 1100 (919) 856 – 4053

North Dakota
Senator Washington Fax North Dakota Fax
Kent Conrad (202) 224 – 7776 (701) 258 – 1254
Byron Dorgan (202) 224 – 1193 (701) 250 – 4484

Ohio
Senator Washington Fax Ohio Fax _
Mike DeWine (202) 224 – 6519 (614) 469 – 2982
George Voinovich 202) 228 – 1382 (614) 469 – 7733

Oklahoma
Senator Washington Fax Oklahoma Fax__
James Inhofe (202) 228 – 0380 (918) 748 – 5119
Tom Coburn (202) 224 – 6008 (918) 581 – 7195

Oregon
Senator Washington Fax Oregon Fax____
Gordon Smith (202) 228 – 3997 (503) 326 - 2900
Ron Wyden (202) 228 – 2717 (503) 326 – 7528

Pennsylvania
Senator Washington Fax Pennsylvania Fax
Rick Santorum (202) 228 – 0604 (412) 562 – 4313
Arlen Specter (202) 228 – 1229 (215) 597 – 0406

Rhode Island
Senator Washington Fax Rhode Island Fax_
Jack Reed (202) 224 – 4680 (401) 464 - 6837
Lincoln Chafee (202) 228 – 2853 (401) 845 – 0703

South Carolina
Senator Washington Fax South Carolina Fax_
Jim DeMint (202) 228 – 5143 (864) 271 – 8901 
Lindsey Graham (202) 224 – 1189 (803) 933 – 0957

South Dakota
Senator Washington Fax South Dakota Fax_
John Thune (202) 228 – 5429 (???) ??? – ????
Tim Johnson (202) 228 – 5765 (605) 332 – 2824

Tennessee
Senator Washington Fax Tennessee Fax__
William Frist (202) 228 – 1264 (615) 352 – 9985
Lamar Alexander (202) 228 – 3398 (865) 545 – 4252

Texas
Senator Washington Fax Texas Fax _
John Cornyn (202) 228 – 2856 (512) 469 – 6020
Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224 – 0776 (214) 361 – 3502

Utah
Senator Washington Fax Utah Fax _
Robert Bennett (202) 224 – 5444 (801) 524 – 5933
Orrin Hatch (202) 224 – 6331 (801) 524 – 4379

Vermont
Senator Washington Fax Vermont Fax _
Patrick Leahy (202) 224 – 3479 (802) 658 – 1009
James Jeffords (202) 228 – 5141 (802) 223 – 0416

Virginia
Senator Washington Fax Virginia Fax_
George Allen (202) 224 – 5432 (804) 771 - 8313
John Warner (202) 224 – 6295 (757) 441 – 6250
(804) 739 – 3478
Washington
Senator Washington, DC Fax Washington State Fax_
Maria Cantwell (202) 228 – 0514 (206) 220 – 6404 
Patty Murray (202) 224 – 0238 (206) 553 – 0891

West Virginia
Senator Washington Fax West Virginia Fax_
Robert Byrd (202) 228 – 0002 (304) 343 - 7144
John D. Rockefeller, IV (202) 224 – 7665 (304) 347 – 5371

Wisconsin
Senator Washington Fax Wisconsin Fax _
Russell Feingold (202) 224 – 2725 (608) 828 – 1203
Herb Kohl (202) 224 – 9787 (414) 297 – 4455

Wyoming
Senator Washington Fax Nebraska’s Fax_
Michael Enzi (202) 228 – 0359 (307) 682 - 6501
Craig Thomas (202) 224 – 1724 (307) 265 – 6706

Fax Numbers for Senators Lugar and Biden
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senator Foreign Relations Committee Offices
Richard G. Lugar, Chairman
Committee office (202) 224 – 4651 
Joseph R. Biden, Ranking Minority Member
Committee’s Minority Office (202) 228 – 3612


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