American Civil Liberties Union

There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.


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Safe and Free : General : Legislative Documents

Sign-on Letter Urging Support for S. 1709, the Security and Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2003

Letter to the Senate Urging Co-Sponsorship of the Craig-Durbin Security and Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2003

ACLU Interested Persons Memo Updating the Status of "Pieces of Patriot II" Proposals

ACLU Statement on H.R. 2671, the "Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act of 2003" before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims

ACLU Comments to Department of Homeland Security on the "Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records"

Sign-On Letter to the House and Senate Urging Opposition to the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act, H.R. 2671

Interested Persons Memo on President Bush's Endorsement of Expanded Law Enforcement Powers, Announced today at the FBI Quantico Facility.

Sign-On Letter Submitting Comments to the Honorable Thomas Ridge of the Department of Homeland Security in Response to the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General's Report on the September 11th Detainees

The Five Problems With CAPPS II
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.

Testimony of the ACLU before the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and the Constitution Subcommittee on H.R. 338, the Defense of Privacy Act

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Support of the Freedom To Read Amendment to Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations Bill of 2004

Senator John Rockefeller's (D-WV) handwritten note to Vice President Cheney on NSA Domestic Spying Program

American Civil Liberties Union Testimony at an Oversight Hearing on "Lessons Learned - The Inspector General's Report on the 9/11 Detainees" Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 25, 2003

ACLU Statement on Terrorist Information Awareness Before the Department of Defense Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee

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

ACLU Testimony At "Justice for All - A Nationwide Public Forum on Selective Enforcement After September 11, 2001" Forum Before Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Patty Murray

Interested Persons Memo on Congressional oversight of the USA PATRIOT Act and Department of Justice anti-terrorism policies - DOJ's dismissive response on civil liberties

Sign-on Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Urging Oversight on the Treatment of Detainees by the Department of Justice

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