Chris Dodd has is reaching out to the blogosphere in order to promote the cause of restoring habeas corpus protections that were weakened by the Military Commission Act of 2006. In a guest post at Taylor Marsh's site, Dodd declares:

This administration would have the American people believe that the war on terrorism requires a choice between protecting America or upholding the basic tenets upon which the country was founded. As I know from my father’s experience at Nuremberg and you know as well, the choice between moral authority and security is a false choice. Our moral authority is critical to our security – and the loss of it these last six years is one of the reasons I believe America is more vulnerable today.

Watching our country rollback the Great Writ, define torture downward, walk away from the Geneva Conventions, and lose our moral standing in the world has been terribly painful for any concerned citizen (a definition that easily includes the entirety of the netroots). But in spite of these trials, we can still stand up for our Constitution and restore America's standing in the world by continuing to fight for the values and principles we've seen slide away under the Bush administration.

Dodd then encourages readers to visit Restore-Habeas.org, a site run by his presidential campaign, in which people can sign up as supporters (what his campaign calls "citizen co-sponsors") of a bill the senator has worked on with Senators Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA), to restore habeas corpus protections.