We believe that--
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unwarranted surveillance of electronic data;
Secret warrants are appropriate on a case-by-case basis, but no secret court order can create a general surveillance regime;
Rampant government secrecy, even with internal checks and balances, defeats the principle of government by the people, so oversight conducted in secret is grossly inadequate;
Publicizing the scope of surveillance programs may make criminals more difficult to catch, and we accept that risk.
We therefore request that the President--
Suspend the PRISM program and collection of Verizon metadata; and
Declassify the procedures and legal basis for these surveillance programs, so that the American people may review them and exercise our fundamental right to self-government.