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ACLU Welcomes Guantanamo Closure Bill (05/23/2007)
WASHINGTON - The ACLU today welcomed Senator Tom Harkin's (D-IA) introduction of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2007, a bill that would close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bill cuts off funds for everything except sending charged or sentenced detainees to Fort Leavenworth and transferring the remaining detainees to their home countries or other countries that will not torture or abuse them. The bill would effectively end the practice of indefinite detention without charge or due process for detainees who have been held for as long as five years without charge and without knowing the reason for their detention. It will also provide an incentive for the government to finally charge those detainees the government believes are guilty of crimes against the United States.

ACLU, JACL and ADC Alarmed that Census Violated Privacy in World War II, Urges Congress to Ensure Similar Actions Are Not Happening Now (03/30/2007)
WASHINGTON - Following reports in USA Today that the Census Bureau gave American surveillance agencies information on persons of Japanese Ancestry during World War II, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) urged Congress to investigate and ensure that such practices do not occur today.

House Panel Passes Flawed Military Commission Bill, ACLU Urges Congress to Stand for Due Process and Rule of Law (09/13/2006)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today condemned legislation passed by the House Armed Services Committee that establishes rules to try detainees. The bill also would amend the War Crimes Act to gut the Geneva Conventions.

ACLU Applauds Chairman Sensenbrenner Hearing on Capitol Hill Search, Says Other Bush Administration Conduct Must Be Examined (05/30/2006)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) for holding a hearing to examine the constitutionality of the recent search of the Capitola Hill office of Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) by federal agents, and renewed its call for the committee to hold hearings on other searches and conduct of the Bush administration that ignore the rule of law.

ACLU Calls on President Not to Deploy Military Troops to Deter Immigrants at the Mexican Border (05/15/2006)
WASHINGTON - In anticipation of President Bush’s address to the nation tonight on immigration reform, the American Civil Liberties Union today called upon the president and Congress to reject any measures that fail to uphold the letter and spirit of our laws and encouraged lawmakers to adopt immigration reform that protects the freedom and privacy of all in America.

Civil Liberties After 9-11: The ACLU Defends Freedom (09/20/2002)

ACLU Letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State regarding Khaled El-Masri (12/08/2005)
ACLU Letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State regarding Khalid El-Masri.

ACLU Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding Khaled El-Masri (12/08/2005)
ACLU Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding Khaled El-Masri.

Decision in ACLU v. US Department of Justice (05/20/2003)

ACLU Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Awadallah (11/22/2002)

ACLU amicus brief in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (10/25/2002)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Strongly Urging Senators to Block the Construction of a Courthouse on Guantanamo Bay (12/05/2006)

Testimony of ACLU Washington Legislative Office Director, Caroline Fredrickson, Before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (12/05/2006)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Subcommittee Opposing U.K. Style Detention Without Charge (09/13/2006)

ACLU Letter to Attorney General Gonzales Requesting the Appointment of Outside Special Counsel for the Investigation and Prosecution of Violations, or Conspiracy to Violate, Criminal Laws Against Warrantless Wiretapping of American Persons (12/21/2005)

ACLU Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Regarding Emergency Judicial Powers In H.R. 3729 (10/20/2005)

Presidential Powers, NSA Spying, and the War on Terrorism: Americans’ Attitudes on Recent Events (02/24/2006)
This poll was conducted by the Washington-based firm Belden, Russonello & Stewart, and measures voters’ attitudes toward the warrantless surveillance of Americans by the National Security Agency.

Airline Security (08/24/2006)