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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 Strongly Urging Senators to Block the Construction of a Courthouse on Guantanamo Bay (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)

ACLU Letter to Attorney General Gozales Requesting Investigation of Possible Perjury by General Ricardo A. Sanchez (03/30/2005)

ACLU Letter to Rep. Rush Holt on H.R. 4951, Requiring Videotaping of Interrogations of Enemy Prisoners (11/09/2004)

"Patriot Act II" Provisions in H.R. 10 (As Passed by House) (10/13/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the House Opposing Amendment 13 (Hostettler 47) to H.R. 10 (10/07/2004)

ACLU Letter Urging Senators to Postpone Consideration of the Collins-Lieberman bill S. 2845, the National Intelligence Reform Act, until after the Presidential Election (09/29/2004)

Testimony of Former Congressman Bob Barr Submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee Concerning the USA Patriot Act, the Safe Act, and Related Matters (09/22/2004)

ACLU Written Statement Submitted by Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on S. 2679, the "Tools to Fight Terrorism Act of 2004" before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the Senate Judiciary Committee (09/09/2004)

Statement Submitted by ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy H. Edgar at a Hearing before House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations on Overclassification (08/24/2004)

ACLU Statement for the Record at a Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "The 9/11 Commission and Recommendations for the Future of Federal Law Enforcement and Border Security" (08/19/2004)

ADC and AAI Joint Statement, Endorsed by 24 Civil Liberties, Faith Based, and Human Rights Groups and 17 ADC Chapters, Expressing Concerns about Issuance of Tabulations of Arab-American Population by US Census Bureau to the US Customs Service and DHS (08/16/2004)

Alliance for Justice Sign-on Statement on Bush Administration's Torture Memos (08/09/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "9/11 Commission Recommendations: Counterterrorism Analysis and Collection-The Requirement for Imagination and Creativity" before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (08/04/2004)

ACLU Analysis of the 9-11 Commission's Recommendations for Intelligence Reform (07/30/2004)

Summary of ACLU Analysis of 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Intelligence Reform (07/30/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Clark Kent Ervin at the Department of Homeland Security Expressing Concerns About the Case of Maher Arar (07/16/2004)