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Police Documents Released by NYCLU Show Broad Surveillance of Peaceful Political Activity Before RNC (05/16/2007)
NEW YORK - The New York Civil Liberties Union today released approximately 600 pages of NYPD intelligence documents that detail a major and often unlawful NYPD political surveillance operation of political activity preceding the 2004 Republican National Convention.

NYCLU Report Documents Rapid Proliferation of Video Surveillance Cameras (12/14/2006)
NEW YORK - New York City is creating a massive video surveillance infrastructure, according to a New York Civil Liberties Union report released today. The proliferation of video surveillance cameras without legal or regulatory constraints has profound implications for basic rights and liberties, said the NYCLU.

ACLU of Northern California Seeks Information About Undercover Surveillance of University Organizations (04/27/2005)
FRESNO, CA -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and a Fresno State University student group today filed requests with the local sheriff's department and the FBI after university officials disclosed that several plainclothes police officers were present at a student-sponsored lecture last fall. The sheriff's department is currently under investigation following disclosures that it infiltrated an anti-war group in 2003.

ACLU Denounces FBI Tactics Targeting Political Protesters (08/16/2004)
NEW YORK-The American Civil Liberties Union today denounced the FBI's use of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to monitor, interrogate and suppress anti-war and other political protesters and called on individuals who have been targeted for investigation to come forward.

ACLU of Rhode Island Urges Providence To Rethink "Red-Light Camera" Proposal (04/22/2003)
PROVIDENCE, RI--The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today called on Providence Mayor David Cicilline and the City Council to reject a proposal that calls for the installation of so-called "red-light cameras" at various intersections in the city.

ACLU and Denver Officials Agree to Resolve Lawsuit over Notorious Police "Spy Files" (04/17/2003)
DENVER -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado today announced the settlement of its landmark lawsuit challenging the Denver Police Department's practice of monitoring and recording the peaceful protest activities of local residents and keeping criminal intelligence files on the free-speech activities of law-abiding advocacy groups, some of who were falsely labeled as "criminal extremist."

CO Springs Police Conducted Surveillance for Denver "Spy Files," ACLU Reveals (11/21/2002)
DENVER--The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado today released documents revealing that the Colorado Springs Police department spied on peaceful critics of government policy and sent its information directly to the Denver Police Department for its controversial "spy files."

Proliferation of Surveillance Devices Threatens Privacy (07/11/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Over the past several days, a troubling expansion in the way technology is being used in the surveillance of ordinary Americans has come to light. In response, we are today joining together to call on all state and local governments to stop using these dangerous technologies now before privacy in America is so diminished that it becomes nothing more than a fond memory. 

ACLU Probes Police Use of Facial-Recognition Surveillance Cameras in Florida City (07/06/2001)
TAMPA, FL-The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida today released a letter to city officials here demanding information on what is being done with the captured video images of thousands of unsuspecting visitors and residents under a new video surveillance program.

European Parliament Launches Official Inquiry in US; Concerned With Implications of Top-Secret ECHELON Surveillance System (05/08/2001)
WASHINGTON - Capping an official inquiry into a highly secret U.S.-led electronic eavesdropping network, a delegation from a committee of the European Parliament has taken the unusual step of traveling to the United States for a week-long fact-finding mission. 

Electronic Spying on the Rise, Privacy Groups Warn Ashcroft (05/03/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Following up on a recent meeting with Attorney General John Ashcroft, a coalition of privacy advocates today sent the Attorney General a series of specific recommendations about how the Bush Administration can better protect the privacy of all Americans. 

New ACLU Advertisement Highlights Massive U.S. Government Electronic Surveillance (04/09/2001)
NEW YORK--From using a cell phone to sending e-mail over the Internet, Americans' right to information privacy is in peril, the American Civil Liberties Union said today in its latest national advertisement. 

Firm Defends "Snooper Bowl" Technology (03/09/2001)
CAMBRIDGE, MA--To privacy experts, Super Bowl XXV in Tampa, Fla., wasn't just a game -- it was the "snooper bowl," CNET News reported.

FBI Renames 'Carnivore' Internet Wiretap (02/14/2001)
WASHINGTON, DC -- The controversial Internet surveillance tool known as "Carnivore" has been renamed DCS1000, a name devoid of any negative associations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday, Reuters reported.

ACLU Calls for Public Hearings on Tampa's "Snooper Bowl" Video Surveillance (02/01/2001)
MIAMI--In a letter sent to Tampa city officials today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida questioned the police department's use of intrusive surveillance technology at last Sunday's Super Bowl and called for public hearings on the use of security systems that may jeopardize the public's privacy rights.

ACLU, EPIC Say Further Study of Carnivore Review Proves "Beast Must Be Tamed" (12/01/2000)
WASHINGTON-- Further careful review of a report on a new FBI Internet surveillance tool conclusively proves that the Carnivore system is an aptly named beast that must be tamed, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said today in comments submitted to the Department of Justice.

ACLU Says Government Stacked Deck in Selection of Team to Review "Carnivore" Cyber-tapping System (10/04/2000)
WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union today sharply criticized the Federal government's selection of academic experts to review a sophisticated FBI Internet surveillance tool known as Carnivore, saying that many of them have ties to the federal law enforcement agencies and the White House.

Citing Strictures, Universities Decline to Review FBI's 'Carnivore' System (09/06/2000)
ATLANTA -- Academic institutions will likely pass up the chance to audit the federal government's Internet monitoring system, citing strict controls that would prevent an independent review, researchers said Wednesday, according to CNN.com news.

Reno Plans Study of FBI's "Carnivore" (08/10/2000)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Justice Department plans to hire a major university to analyze the FBI's ``Carnivore'' e-mail surveillance system, but civil libertarians said such a review can't answer all the questions about the system, the Associated Press reported.

Too Little, Too Late: ACLU Disappointed by Administration Speech on Electronic Privacy (07/17/2000)
WASHINGTON -- This morning's speech on electronic privacy by White House Chief of Staff John Podesta was deeply disappointing. The Administration missed an important opportunity to issue an executive order that would have immediately restrained Federal law enforcement. Instead, it only offered legislative proposals that are highly unlikely to be adopted this year.