February 26, 2008

Dear Senator,

This letter is to express our support for the Commerce Committee’s leadership in including “best practices” whistleblower protections in S. 2663, legislation to strengthen the Consumer Product Safety Commission. This is vitally needed legislation to protect America’s families, and whistleblower protection is a necessary enforcement cornerstone for the promise of reform to be reflected in reality.

Chairman Bennie G. Thompson
Ranking Member Peter T. King
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Homeland Security

Dear Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member King:

We are writing to urge the House Committee on Homeland Security to hold hearings on
the Department of Homeland Security’s practice of searching and seizing Americans’
digital information and electronic devices at U.S. borders. We also urge you to consider
legislation to prevent abusive search practices by border agents and protect all Americans

Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20408

Dear Dr. Weinstein: