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NEWS
> Nadler-Harman Bills Would Restore Rule of Law and Due Process, ACLU Welcomes Measures, Urges Congress to Act Swiftly (3/8/2007)
> Senator Dodd Introduces Military Commissions Act Fix Bill; ACLU Applauds Move, Urges Congress to Restore Due Process (2/13/2007)
> ACLU Condemns Administration Attack on Guantanamo Lawyers (1/12/2007)
> Five Years at Guantanamo (1/11/2007)
> ACLU of Florida and Amnesty International Call on Congress to Restore Habeas, Close Guantanamo (1/11/2007)
> CIA Provides Further Details on Secret Interrogation Memos (1/10/2007)
> ACLU Urges Congress To Clean House; Calls on Lawmakers to Restore and Protect Civil Liberties (1/9/2007)
> FBI Inquiry Details Abuses Reported by Agents at Guantanamo (1/3/2007)
> In Torture Case Against Rumsfeld, Lawyers Cite "Widespread Pattern" of Abuse, Need for Accountability (12/8/2006)
> Anthony D. Romero Keynote Address at the 2006 ACLU Membership Conference (10/16/2006)
> ACLU Washington Post Advertisement: Military Commissions Act (10/17/2006)
> President Bush Signs Un-American Military Commissions Act, ACLU Says New Law Undermines Due Process and the Rule of Law (10/17/2006)
> ACLU Calls on Bush Administration to Stop the Abuse of Power (10/16/2006)
> Senate Passes Dangerous Bush Military Commissions Bill, ACLU Says Legislation Upends the Rule of Law (9/28/2006)
> ACLU Urges Congress to Reject Bush Military Commissions Bill, "Compromise" Lacks Due Process, Undermines Torture and Abuse Safeguards (9/27/2006)
> Gitmo, Habeas Corpus and the Long Haul to Fix the MCA
> Detainee Policy Gets a Misguided Endorsement
> Torture, Abuse and Accountability

TAKE ACTION
> Tell Congress to Fix the Military Commissions Act

MORE RESOURCES
> AUDIO: Rory Kennedy and the ACLU Discuss "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"
> LEARN MORE: Ali v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Against Unlawful Detention
> AUDIO: ACLU's Legal Director on Guantanamo's Fifth Anniversary (1/10/2007) > LETTER: Urging Opposition to the Military Commissions Act of 2006

LEGAL DOCUMENTS
> Memo Reviewing the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 by the Harvard Law School National Security Research Group (2/19/2007)
> ACLU Letter to Congress Outlining Priorities for 110th Congress (1/25/2007)
> The 2007 State of Civil Liberties in America (1/22/2007)
> ACLU Letter to Congress Outlining Its Legislative Priorities for the 110th Congress (1/9/2007)
> Washington Legislative Director, Caroline Fredrickson's Remarks Regarding the ACLU's Priorities for the 110th Congress (1/9/2007)
> Executive Director Anthony D. Romero's Remarks Regarding the ACLU's Priorities for the 110th Congress (1/9/2007)
> ACLU Letter to the Senate Strongly Urging Senators to Block the Construction of a Courthouse on Guantanamo Bay (12/5/2006)
> ACLU Washington Post Advertisement on Military Commissions Act (10/17/2006)
> Coalition Letter to the House or Representatives Strongly Urging Rejection of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 Compromise (9/27/2006)
> ACLU Letter to the Senate Strongly Urging Opposition to S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (9/25/2006)
> Coalition Letter to the Senate Opposing Bush Military Commissions Bill (9/11/2006)
> Coalition Letter to the House of Representatives Opposing Bush Military Commissions Bill (9/11/2006)

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