USA Patriot Act

Key provisions of the USA Patriot Act are up for renewal. You can help efforts to reform or eliminate some of the most invasive parts of the act at a special ACLU Web site: www.reformthepatriotact.org

Death Penalty

Efforts are underway to reinstitute the death penalty in Vermont, following the Donald Fell trial that ended in July. Sign a petition affirming Vermonters' opposition to the death penalty at www.petitiononline.com/vadp/petition.html

A File on You?

Joint Terrorism Task Forces promote information-sharing between local police and the FBI. The result is that the FBI is maintaining files on a great number of Americans. Take a quiz at www.aclu.org/spyfiles/ to see if you might be a target -- and learn how you can find out what the government may know about you.

Border Patrol Stops

Here's who to contact to complain about the "temporary" Border Patrol stops on I-91 south of White River Junction.