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Police Practices : Surveillance : Legislative Documents

Testimony of National Capital Area Executive Director Johnny Barnes on DC Surveillance Cameras Before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (03/22/2002)

Coalition Letter to Secretary Mineta Urging Opposition to a Backdoor National ID System (02/11/2002)

Coalition Letter to President Bush Urging Opposition to a Backdoor National ID System (02/11/2002)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on National Security and the Constitution (01/24/2002)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on Department of Justice Oversight Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (12/04/2001)

Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Department of Justice Anti-terrorism Oversight (11/28/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection on the Final Version of the USA PATRIOT Act (10/23/2001)

How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Enables Law Enforcement to Use Intelligence Authorities to Circumvent the Privacy Protections Afforded in Criminal Cases (10/23/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Rejection on the Final Version of the USA PATRIOT Act (10/23/2001)

How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Puts CIA Back in the Business of Spying on Americans (10/23/2001)

Sign-on Letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committees On Covert Searches Provisions in Anti-Terrorism Legislation (10/19/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights On Changes in Immigration Detention Practices and the Impact of Proposed Legislation on the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of Citizens and Immigrants (10/12/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Them to Vote "No" on the PATRIOT Act (10/12/2001)

Wiretap Provisions Comparison Chart (Administration, House, Senate Versions, with ACLU comments) (10/09/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection of U.S.A. Act (10/09/2001)

Letter to Rep. Kennedy on the "Violent Offender DNA Identification Act of 1999" (09/22/2001)

Letter to Senators Hatch and Leahy on Opposition to S. 304, the "Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001" (06/29/2001)

Coalition Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft on Privacy Issues (05/02/2001)

Letter to Rep. Conyers and Hyde on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (09/18/2000)

Statement of Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim on the Fourth Amendment and the Internet Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution (04/06/2000)

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