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Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No (01/12/2006)
The experts agree, and the evidence is clear! Random drug testing does not reduce drug use among young people. Spending millions on testing students' urine will only destroy relationships between youth and adults. The second edition of this booklet demonstrates the key flaws in random student drug testing and outlines promising alternatives to the invasive and expensive practice.

Executive Summary: Science Under Siege (06/20/2005)
This report provides an overview of these restrictions, which fall into the following three main categories: restrictions on information, restrictions on individuals, and restrictions on materials.

Science Under Siege (06/20/2005)
The Bush Administration's Assault on Academic Freedom and Scientific Inquiry

Open Access Supplemental Technical Report (02/18/2005)
Technological Analysis of Open Access and Cable TV - Supplemental Analysis, by Columbia Telecommunications Corp. for the ACLU

New Matrix Documents Raise Troubling Questions (05/20/2004)
White Paper: New Documents Obtained by ACLU Raise Troubling Questions About Matrix Program

Transferring Privacy: The Transfer of Passenger Records and the Abdication of Privacy Protection (02/02/2004)

HR 3214 (The "Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003") and the Tolling of Statutes of Limitations (11/06/2003)
The following memo discusses the problems associated with a provision of HR 3214, the ""Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003,"" which would extend indefinitely the statute of limitations for some cases involving DNA evidence.

'No-Fly' List Risk (07/01/2003)

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (01/15/2003)