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Safe and Free : General : Legislative Documents

Coalition Letter Urging Senators to Reject Creation of a National ID System as Recommended by the 9-11 Commission

ACLU Written Statement Submitted by Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on S. 2679, the "Tools to Fight Terrorism Act of 2004" before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the Senate Judiciary Committee

Statement Submitted by ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy H. Edgar at a Hearing before House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations on Overclassification

ACLU Testimony of Gregory T. Nojeim, Associate Director & Chief Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "Civil Liberties and the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission," Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security

ACLU Statement for the Record at a Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "The 9/11 Commission and Recommendations for the Future of Federal Law Enforcement and Border Security"

ADC and AAI Joint Statement, Endorsed by 24 Civil Liberties, Faith Based, and Human Rights Groups and 17 ADC Chapters, Expressing Concerns about Issuance of Tabulations of Arab-American Population by US Census Bureau to the US Customs Service and DHS

Alliance for Justice Sign-on Statement on Bush Administration's Torture Memos

ACLU Testimony of Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "9/11 Commission Recommendations: Counterterrorism Analysis and Collection-The Requirement for Imagination and Creativity" before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

ACLU Letter On Combined Federal Campaign "Black List"

ACLU Analysis of the 9-11 Commission's Recommendations for Intelligence Reform

Summary of ACLU Analysis of 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Intelligence Reform

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Support of the Sanders-Paul Amendment or the "Freedom to Read" Amendment, Which Would Help Restore the Privacy and First Amendment Rights of Library and Bookstore Patrons

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo Urging Congress to Reject Power to Detain Suspected Terrorists Indefinitely Without Charge, Trial or a Right to Counsel

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the Senate Urging Them to Reject Any Legislative Proposal Authorizing Detention Without Charge or Trial of Individuals Found in the United States

ACLU Testimony of Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "Tools to Fight Terrorism: Subpoena Authority and Pretrial Detention of Terrorists before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security

Letter from ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero Seeking More Information Regarding the Scope and Implementation of a Nationwide FBI Investigation Program to Question Thousands of Muslims in the United States

Testimony By Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Office, Before the Democratic Party Platform Committee

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo on the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2003 (S. 1709/H.R. 3352) Which Provides Safeguards to Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo on the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2003 (S. 1709/H.R. 3352) Which Provides Safeguards to Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act

Coalition Sign On Letter Sent to SEnators Leahy, Kennedy, Corzine, Feingold and Durbin Upon Introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004

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