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Last month, the House amended the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expand the government’s ability to monitor our private communications.上个月，众议院修改了1978年外国情报监视法案（ fisa ） ，以扩大政府的执政能力，以监察香港的私人通信。 This measure, if it becomes law, will result in more warrantless government surveillance of innocent American citizens.这项措施后，如果成为法律，将导致更多的无证政府的监视无辜的美国公民。

Though some opponents claimed that the only controversial part of this legislation was its grant of immunity to telecommunications companies, there is much more to be wary of in the bill.虽然一些反对者声称这只是争议性的部分，这项立法是给予豁免权的电讯公司，有更必须小心在条例草案中。 In the House version, Title II, Section 801, extends immunity from prosecution of civil legal action to people and companies including any provider of an electronic communication service, any provider of a remote computing service, “any other communication service provider who has access to wire or electronic communications,” any “parent, subsidiary, affiliate, successor, or assignee” of such company, any “officer, employee, or agent” of any such company, and any “landlord, custodian, or other person who may be authorized or required to furnish assistance.” The Senate version goes even further by granting retroactive immunity to such entities that may have broken the law in the past.在众议院版，第二编，第801 ，延伸免予起诉的民事法律行动，以人民和公司，包括任何供应商的电子通信服务，任何供应商的远程计算服务" ，其他任何通信服务提供商人进入有线或电子通讯， "任何"的母公司，子公司，分公司，继任者或受让人"的这样一家公司，任何"高级人员，雇员或代理人" ，任何这类公司，以及任何"房东，保管人或其他人可能授权或要求提供援助" 。参议院版更进一步，给予溯及既往免疫等实体可能触犯法律，在过去的。

The new FISA bill allows the federal government to compel many more types of companies and individuals to grant the government access to our communications without a warrant.新fisa法案允许联邦政府迫使更多类型的公司和个人，给予政府可以使用我们的通讯无逮捕证。 The provisions in the legislation designed to protect Americans from warrantless surveillance are full of loopholes and ambiguities.法例规定，旨在保护美国民众免遭窃听侦察是充满漏洞和含糊之处。 There is no blanket prohibition against listening in on all American citizens without a warrant.有没有全面禁止对听力对所有美国公民在没有逮捕证。

We have been told that this power to listen in on communications is legal and only targets terrorists.我们已被告知这项权力，以听，在对通讯是合法的，并且只针对恐怖分子。 But if what these companies are being compelled to do is legal, why is it necessary to grant them immunity?但如果这些公司都被强迫做的是法律，为何要给予他们豁免权？ If what they did in the past was legal and proper, why is it necessary to grant them retroactive immunity?如果他们所做的，在过去是合法和正确的，为什么要给予他们追溯免疫力？

In communist East Germany , one in every 100 citizens was an informer for the dreaded secret police, the Stasi.在共产东德，其中每100个公民被举报人为可怕的秘密警察， stasi 。 They either volunteered or were compelled by their government to spy on their customers, their neighbors, their families, and their friends.要么是自愿或被迫由政府来刺探他们的顾客，他们的邻居，他们的家庭，以及他们的朋友。 When we think of the evil of totalitarianism, such networks of state spies are usually what comes to mind.当我们想到邪恶的极权主义，这种网络的状态间谍通常是什么来铭记。 Yet, with modern technology, what once took tens of thousands of informants can now be achieved by a few companies being coerced by the government to allow it to listen in to our communications.然而，随着现代科技发达，一旦有什么了数以万计的告密者，现在可以实现了由少数几家公司被胁迫的，由政府，使之能收听到我们的通讯。 This surveillance is un-American.这项监测是联合国美洲。

We should remember that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was brought down by a provision of the PATRIOT Act that required enhanced bank monitoring of certain types of financial transactions.我们应该记住，前纽约总督斯皮策被击落所编列的爱国者的行为，需要加强银行监管的某些类型的金融交易。 Yet we were told that the PATRIOT Act was needed to catch terrorists, not philanderers.然而，我们被告知，爱国者法案是要跟上恐怖分子，而不是philanderers 。 The extraordinary power the government has granted itself to look into our private lives can be used for many purposes unrelated to fighting terrorism.超常的权力，政府已决定给予自己的照顾到我们的私人生活，可作多种用途无关，以打击恐怖主义。 We can even see how expanded federal government surveillance power might be used to do away with political rivals.我们甚至可以看到如何扩大联邦政府侦察力量都有可能被用来消除政治对手。

The Fourth Amendment to our Constitution requires the government to have a warrant when it wishes to look into the private affairs of individuals.第四条修正案，以我国宪法规定，政府有需要时，它要寻找到私人事务的个人。 If we are to remain a free society we must defend our rights against any governmental attempt to undermine or bypass the Constitution.如果我们要保持一个自由的社会里，我们一定要维护自己的权利，对任何政府，企图破坏或绕开宪法。

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