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Statement of Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, Submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee for a Hearing Entitled, “National Security Letters: The Need for Greater Accountability and Oversight” (04/23/2008)

ACLU Section by Section of S. 2088, The National Security Letter Reform Act of 2007 (04/22/2008)

Statement of Brandon Mayfield to Congress Urging Against Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (11/01/2007)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Strongly Discouraging the "Modernization" of FISA (04/16/2007)

Testimony of ACLU Client and National Security Letter Recipient George Christian at a Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution (04/11/2007)

5 Myths About the Bush Administration's Use of National Security Letters (03/19/2007)

12 Questions Congress Needs to Ask the Administration About the FBI's Abuse of National Security Letters (03/19/2007)

National Security Letters by the Numbers (03/19/2007)

ACLU Roadmap of Justice Department Inspector General’s Review of the FBI’s Use of National Security Letters (03/19/2007)

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 (07/17/2006)

ACLU Interested Persons Memo on the Conference Report Agreement on H.R. 3199, the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (03/01/2006)

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging a "No" Vote On S. 2271, amendments to the Patriot Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act (02/28/2006)

ACLU Letter to Congress Strongly Urging A "No" Vote On Final Passage of the Conference Report Agreement Reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act (02/15/2006)

ACLU Memo to Interested Persons Regarding Myths About Patriot Act Surveillance from the Administration (12/02/2005)

Department of Justice Letter Rebutting November 6, 2005 Washington Post Article on National Security Letters (11/23/2005)

Sign-On Letter to USA Patriot Act Senate Conferees Urging Opposition to the Death Penalty Provisions in the House Patriot Act (11/08/2005)

Why FBI Intelligence Subpoenas Threaten Civil Liberties (06/28/2005)

ACLU Memo Reacting to Podesta "Working Group" Patriot Act Proposal (06/23/2005)

Short Summary of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill, as Passed by Committee (06/23/2005)

Myths and Realities About the Patriot Act (06/22/2005)