Opposition

= Who opposed the FISA Act and why? =

Below is a list of groups who oppose the Amendment
American Civil Liberties Union American Library Association Arab-America Anti-Discrimination Committee Association of Research Libraries Bill of Rights Defense Committee Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Democracy & Technology Center for National Security Studies Congressman Bob Barr, Liberty Strategies Defending Dissent Foundation DownsizeDC.org, Inc. Electronic Frontier Foundation Fairfax County Privacy Council Friends Committee on National Legislation League of Women Voters of the United States Liberty Coalition MAS Freedom OMB Watch Open Society Policy Center OpenTheGovernment.org People For the American Way Privacy Lives Republican Liberty Caucus United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society

They argued that it was
*Far from a compromise
 * Threatening to American's privacy
 * There has been no persuasive case that the Act is needed
 * Do not believe that existing authorities are no adequate to ensure citizen's privacy