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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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ACLU Comparison Chart of NSA Legislation

Statement of Former National Security Officials On President Bush's Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Coaltion Letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Urging Opposition to H.R. 5835, the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act

Letter to the Senate Strongly Opposing the "Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006"

ACLU Memo to Interested Persons Outlining Problems With S. 3931, the "Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006"

ACLU Letter to the Senate Strongly Opposing S. 3931, the "Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006"
The Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 combines the worst parts of S.2453 -- the warrentaless wiretapping bill that Senator Specter negotiated with Vice President Cheney -- with its House counterpart, H.R.5825, proposed by Congressman Wilson. It would ratify the president's claimed authority to sweep up Americans' communications without proof to any court that the Americans surveilled are ainding al Qaeda.

Coalition Letter to the House or Representatives Strongly Urging Rejection of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 Compromise

Coalition Letter to the House or Representatives Strongly Urging Rejection of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 Compromise

ACLU Letter to the Senate Strongly Urging Opposition to S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006

ACLU Letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Regarding the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 5825

ACLU Letter to the Senate Subcommittee Opposing U.K. Style Detention Without Charge

Coalition Letter to the House of Representatives Opposing Bush Military Commissions Bill

Coalition Letter to the Senate Opposing Bush Military Commissions Bill

ACLU Letter to the Senate Armed Forces Committee Urging Strong Questioning of Attorney General Gonzales and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England Regarding Detainees

ACLU Letter to Senator Specter Expressing Opposition to the Latest version of S. 2453, the National Security Surveillance Act of 2006

ACLU Letter to Congressman Hoekstra and Congresswoman Harman Regarding the “Modernization of FISA” in the Wake of the NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance Programs and the Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act

ACLU Letter to the House of Representatives Urging Support of an Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2007 (H.R. 5631) That Would Cut Off Funding to the NSA's Illegal Wiretapping Program

ACLU Letter and Memo to the Senate Judiciary Committee Outlining Major Concerns With S.2453, the "National Security Surveillance Act of 2006"

ACLU Letter to the Senate Expressing Strong Opposition to the “Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006,” Authorizing Warrantless Surveillance By the National Security Agency

ACLU Interested Persons Memo on the Conference Report Agreement on H.R. 3199, the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

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