Bio
Alex Abdo (@AlexanderAbdo) is a former Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. Prior to joining SPT, Alex was an attorney with the National Security Project, where he was involved in the litigation of cases concerning the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the treatment of detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Navy brig in South Carolina. Alex is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Prior to working at the ACLU, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and to the Hon. Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Featured work
Apr 20, 2021
The Public Should Have Access to the Surveillance Court’s Opinions
May 26, 2016
Why We're Supporting Microsoft's Challenge to Secret Surveillance
Feb 18, 2016
The Real Stakes of Apple’s Fight With the FBI
Nov 30, 2015
NSA, Unplugged: The Government Finally Stopped Vacuuming Up Our Phone Records
Oct 27, 2015
Forcing Apple into the Service of the Government
May 29, 2015
Choosing Between Big Brother and the Bill of Rights
May 29, 2015
NSA Surveillance: The Scandal is the Use, Not the Abuse
Feb 11, 2015
ACLU to UN: Encryption is Not A Problem to be Solved, But a Crucial Tool For Freedom and Security