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Jun 23, 2014

Five Takeaways from the Newly Released Drone Memo

Monday morning, a federal appeals court released a government memorandum, dated July 16,...

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

Monday morning, a federal appeals court released a government memorandum, dated July 16,...

By By Brett Max Kaufman, Legal Fellow, ACLU National Security Project
Jun 23, 2014

The Drone Memo Cometh

This was originally posted on Just Security.

In response to consolidated lawsuits filed by the ACLU and...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy

This was originally posted on Just Security.

In response to consolidated lawsuits filed by the ACLU and...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy
Jun 20, 2014

House Tees Up Surveillance Reform for Senate

For the second time in just one month, late last night the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation – this time as an amendment to an appropriations bill that will now move to the Senate...

By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

For the second time in just one month, late last night the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation – this time as an amendment to an appropriations bill that will now move to the Senate...

By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Jun 20, 2014

EXISTENCE OR NONEXISTENCE: CIA’s Linguistic Somersault Takes to the Sky

This past Memorial Day weekend, New Yorkers who happened to look up may have seen the words EXISTENCE OR NONEXISTENCE appear across the skyline in synchronized bursts of white smoke. 

The seemingly...

By By David Birkin

This past Memorial Day weekend, New Yorkers who happened to look up may have seen the words EXISTENCE OR NONEXISTENCE appear across the skyline in synchronized bursts of white smoke. 

The seemingly...

By By David Birkin
Jun 20, 2014

The Terrible Toll of ICE Detainers

On the evening of June 28, 2012, Claudia Valdez called the police for help. An argument with her husband at the time had turned physical and she feared for her safety and that of her three young children....

By By Rebecca T. Wallace, ACLU of Colorado & John Krieger, Communications and Outreach Director, ACLU of Colorado

On the evening of June 28, 2012, Claudia Valdez called the police for help. An argument with her husband at the time had turned physical and she feared for her safety and that of her three young children....

By By Rebecca T. Wallace, ACLU of Colorado & John Krieger, Communications and Outreach Director, ACLU of Colorado
Jun 19, 2014

Internal Police Emails Show Efforts to Hide Use of Cell Phone Tracking

Free Speech and Pluralism

As we suspected, local law enforcement officials are borrowing cell...

By By Maria Kayanan, Associate Legal Director, ACLU of Florida

As we suspected, local law enforcement officials are borrowing cell...

By By Maria Kayanan, Associate Legal Director, ACLU of Florida