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Nov 27, 2013

Echoing Dirty Past, NSA Sought to Reveal Porn Habits to Discredit Targets

In the five months since the world first learned of Edward Snowden, story after story based on documents disclosed by the young whistleblower have filled out a picture of the National Security Agency (NSA...

By By Brett Max Kaufman, Legal Fellow, ACLU National Security Project

In the five months since the world first learned of Edward Snowden, story after story based on documents disclosed by the young whistleblower have filled out a picture of the National Security Agency (NSA...

By By Brett Max Kaufman, Legal Fellow, ACLU National Security Project
Nov 26, 2013

ACLU Sues CIA for Reports on Its Torture Program

The ACLU filed a lawsuit today under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the CIA to...

By By Ashley Gorski, Nadine Strossen Fellow, National Security Project, ACLU

The ACLU filed a lawsuit today under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the CIA to...

By By Ashley Gorski, Nadine Strossen Fellow, National Security Project, ACLU
Nov 26, 2013

Birth Control Goes to the Supreme Court

Today the U.S. Supreme Court accepted for review two cases challenging the federal contraception rule, which requires the inclusion of contraception coverage in health plans. One of the cases was brought...

By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

Today the U.S. Supreme Court accepted for review two cases challenging the federal contraception rule, which requires the inclusion of contraception coverage in health plans. One of the cases was brought...

By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Nov 25, 2013

Why "Redskins" Is Wrong

Think of a vile name that you were called by bullies at school based on your religion, your race, your country of origin, or some other characteristic. How did it make you feel? If I call you by the same...

By By Stephen Pevar, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU

Think of a vile name that you were called by bullies at school based on your religion, your race, your country of origin, or some other characteristic. How did it make you feel? If I call you by the same...

By By Stephen Pevar, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU
Nov 22, 2013

This Week in Civil Liberties (11/22/2013)

Police officers in what Massachusetts city are outraged by the potential privacy infringement if police departments install GPS tracking devices in all patrol cars?

In which state is it possible to...

By By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU

Police officers in what Massachusetts city are outraged by the potential privacy infringement if police departments install GPS tracking devices in all patrol cars?

In which state is it possible to...

By By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
Nov 22, 2013

15-Year-Old Gets Six Life Sentences?

At gunpoint, two 18-year-olds and a 15-year-old robbed a dozen other teenagers at a house party,...

By By Alex Stamm, ACLU Center for Justice

At gunpoint, two 18-year-olds and a 15-year-old robbed a dozen other teenagers at a house party,...

By By Alex Stamm, ACLU Center for Justice