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In Court Brief, ACLU Says Rhode Island Officials Retaliated Against Environmental Whistleblower (07/19/2001)
PROVIDENCE, RI - - In a case raising important questions as to whether the state is above federal law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed a friend-of-the-court brief saying that the federal government has the right to investigate claims that state officials are violating the law. 

ACLU Urges House Committee to Reconsider Overly Broad Subpoena of Whistleblower Organization (03/09/2000)
WASHINGTON -- Saying it could compromise efforts to reduce government waste and fraud, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged a congressional committee to reconsider it's overly broad subpoena of a whistleblower organization's phone records.

ACLU Says LAPD Unit Used Deportation Threat to Retaliate Against Immigrant Whistle Blower (01/25/2000)
LOS ANGELES -- Clear Los Angeles Police Department policy, adopted over two decades ago, was flagrantly violated by Rampart CRASH officers when they arrested former gang member Alex Sanchez on an Immigration and Naturalization Service warrant. 

ACLU v. Monaco (03/10/2006)
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