From The Liberty Committee

March 16, 2004

Your efforts are paying off!

On March 8th, we told you about the political elite trying to
quickly and quietly get the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST)
ratified by the U.S. Senate. This treaty has languished in the
Senate ever since President Reagan opposed it in 1982. However,
careerists at the U.S. Department of State and other pro-U.N.
forces in Washington, who always look for ways to subjugate the
United States to the United Nations, thought the time was right
to sneak this treaty through the Senate and passed the American
public. They were wrong.

Senators were told the Law of the Sea Treaty was non-controversial
because the problems with the treaty were fixed. Senators took
them at their word and LOST was moving through the Senate without
opposition. But as Henry Lamb reported, the problems with the
treaty were not fixed and opposition to it needed to be expressed
fast.

And that’s when you came in. You are making a difference.

Within just a few days, over 14,000 messages were sent to the
Senate expressing opposition to the Law of the Sea Treaty. On
average, that's over 1,400 messages for each Senate office!
Think of it -- just imagine how your voice was heard. It didn't
take many senators long to realize that there was indeed
opposition to the treaty and they started to withdraw their
support for it.

However, the fight isn't over yet. Proponents of LOST held a
Capitol Hill briefing on March 10th to persuade senators that
LOST is good for the United States and they are lobbying
senators one-on-one to regather support.

Now is a critical time for us to continue to oppose LOST.
We've posted a new suggested message to your senators and ask
you to again express your opposition to the Law of the Sea
Treaty. To send your message, go to
http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/?alertid=5306166&type=CO

Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee
http://www.thelibertycommittee.org