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Opt-out of Pentagon's invasion of children's privacy Write a letter to the editor and help students in your area opt-out of the Bush administration's invasion of their privacy.

Under Bush's "No Child Left Behind Act," schools are forced to turn over student's private records, without the student's consent, to Pentagon recruiters eager to fill the ranks for Bush's war in Iraq.

Parents are forced to make a special request if they do not want the Pentagon to automatically receive their child's private information. Since most parents and students are not aware that their information is being given away to the Pentagon, most do not bother to ask that their private information be kept private.

Please take the time to use the letter template below to write your local paper today and alert parents and students in your area of their ability to keep the Pentagon from gathering the children's private information.

After you have sent your letter you will be redirected to the Leave My Child Alone website where you will be able to:

1. See Cindy Sheehan speak in support of the Leave My Child Alone campign.

2. Opt your child out of your local school board's list.

3. Opt you child out of the Pentagon's list.

* Remember to add local details to your letter to the editor if possible. This increases the chances that it will be published!