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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Pentagon FOIA Lawsuit Client List (06/14/2006)

ACLU Hosts "The Road to Guantánamo" Screening (06/14/2006)
The ACLU hosted a special screening of the film in NYC on June 22, 2006 for an invited audience of leaders in politics, law, academia, media and entertainment – people who are in a position to spread the importance of this film and the issues behind it to community members across their respective fields, across the country.

ACLU Comments to the FCC on AT&T-BellSouth Merger Calling for Investigation of NSA Data-Sharing Allegations (06/06/2006)

Doe v. Gonzales: Fighting the FBI's Demand for Library Records - Statement of Peter Chase (05/30/2006)

Doe v. Gonzales: Fighting the FBI's Demand for Library Records - Statement of George Christian (05/30/2006)

Doe v. Gonzales: Fighting the FBI's Demand for Library Records - Statement of Barbara Bailey (05/30/2006)

Doe v. Gonzales: Fighting the FBI's Demand for Library Records - Statement of Janet Nocek (05/30/2006)

Librarians' NSL Challenge (05/26/2006)
In August 2005, the ACLU disclosed that the FBI used a "National Security Letter" statute to demand records from an organization that possesses sensitive information about library patrons, including borrowed reading materials and Internet usage.

Patriot Act Posters (05/26/2006)
Two posters illustrating the need to reform the Patriot Act.

Document Resources in El-Masri v. Tenet (05/11/2006)

Extraordinary Rendition - In Depth (05/11/2006)

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