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Testimony of ACLU Legal Director, Steven R. Shapiro, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Regarding The State Secrets Protection Act of 2008 (07/31/2008)

ACLU One Pager on the State Secrets Protection Act of 2007, H.R. 5607 (06/03/2008)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Responding to Attorney General Mukasey's Stance on S. 2433, "State Secrets Protection Act" (04/03/2008)

ACLU Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the State Secrets Privilege (02/13/2008)

Statement of Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, on the Freedom of Information Act Before the House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives (02/14/2007)

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

ACLU Letter To United States Senate Endorsing S. 589, The Faster FOIA Act of 2005 (06/15/2005)

Statement of Lisa Graves, Senior Counsel for Legislative Strategy, on S. 394 the "OPEN Government Act" (03/15/2005)
Statement of Lisa Graves before the Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee

ACLU endorsement letter for OPEN Government Act of 2005 (02/14/2005)
Letter to Senators Cornyn and Leahy endorsing the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in Our National Government Act of 2005.

Coalition Letter to Express Concerns about Section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2005 (09/10/2004)

Sign-on Letter to the Senate on the Freedom of Information Act Exemption for National Security Agency Files in S. 1050, Defense Authorization Act (05/16/2003)

Sign on Letter Urging Support for the "Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003" (03/13/2003)

Attorney General John Ashcroft's Assault on Civil Liberties (Updated September 2003) (10/30/2002)

Letter to the House on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (07/24/2002)

Letter to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on S. 2452, the National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002 (07/23/2002)

Coalition Letter to Congress Urging Opposition to the Broad Freedom of Information Act Exemption in the Homeland Security Act (07/12/2002)

Letter to the House Government Reform Committee Urging Support on Amendments to H.R. 5005 to Make Homeland Security Department Open and Accountable (07/10/2002)

Letter to the INS Director on the Release of Information Regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service Detainees in Non-Federal Facilities (06/21/2002)

Coalition Letter to the INS Director on the Release of Information Regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service Detainees in Non-Federal Facilities (06/21/2002)

Statement for the Record Concerning Public-Private Information Sharing and Critical Infrastructure Security (06/05/2002)