The campaign seeks to reduce the number of intelligence agencies from 17 , including the abolition of the National Security Agency , as well as a U.S. withdrawal from the Five Eyes network , the ending of the PRISM surveillance program , and repealing of the Patriot Act and the Espionage Act . The campaign views many of these programs and organizations to be a ' trampling ' of Americans ' civil rights " in the rush to enhance security following 9/11 " . Whistleblowers Chelsea Manning , Edward Snowden , John C. Kiriakou , Julian Assange , Reality Winner , and Terry Albury would be given pardons and some would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom . The campaign also focuses on " full equality for all of America 's LGBTQIA people , with a special focus on transgender rights . " This includes an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the addition of a ban on discrimination due to " sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment , housing , public accommodations , public education , federal funding , and credit " , honoring transgender rights activist Marsha P. Johnson and author James Baldwin with the Presidential Medal of Freedom , banning conversion therapy nationwide and making the operation of a conversion therapy clinic a crime
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Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign