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The Five Problems With CAPPS II (08/25/2003)
The new version of CAPPS II is all dressed up in the language of privacy and concern for freedom, but it fails to address the core problems with the concept, and continues to pose an enormous threat to American freedom and privacy.

Statement of Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, in Support of the Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act of 2003 (07/29/2003)

ACLU Statement on Terrorist Information Awareness Before the Department of Defense Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (06/19/2003)

Sign-on Letter Expressing Concerns With the National Entry Exit Registration System (NSEERS) (06/14/2003)

DOJ Patriot Oversight Response - May 13, 2003 (05/13/2003)
Justice Dept. Response to 4/1/03 Questions on Patriot Act from House Judiciary Committee

Sign-on Letter to CIA Director Tenet Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Sign-on Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Sign-on Letter to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Letter to the Census Bureau Concerning Data Privacy (04/29/2003)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 113, the Expansion of Wiretapping and Other Surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (04/09/2003)

Testimony of ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar on "Securing the Freedom of the Nation: Collecting Intelligence Under the Law" Before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (04/09/2003)

Attorney General's Public Responses to House Oversight Letter (04/08/2003)

Coalition Letter to the Office of Management and Budget Requiring Accuracy for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) System (04/08/2003)

Letter to Conferees on S. 151, Child Abduction Prevention Act (04/08/2003)

ACLU Letter to the Department of Justice on the "Registration and Monitoring of Certain Nonimmigrants," Program (NSEERS) (04/02/2003)

House Judiciary Committee letter to Attorney General asking 38 questions - April 1, 2003 (04/01/2003)
House Judiciary Committee letter to Attorney General asking 38 questions - April 1, 2003