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
![Spying](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog-spying-500x280-400x266.png)
Dec 30, 2013
The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About
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Sep 18, 2013
Latest FISA Court Opinion: A Preview of Surveillance Without Limits
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Sep 9, 2013
TOMORROW: NSA to Release FISA Court Opinions to ACLU
![NSA Building](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog-nsavsdhs-500x280-v01-400x266.jpg)
Aug 27, 2013
ACLU to Court: Government Spying Invades Privacy of Each and Every American
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Aug 12, 2013
The NSA is turning the internet into a total surveillance system
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Aug 2, 2013
You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear
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Jul 18, 2013
Want a Debate on Surveillance? Give Us the Facts First.
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Jul 16, 2013
Government Fights to Keep Court Opinions on NSA Spying Hidden From Public
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Jul 2, 2013
Congressional Representatives Support ACLU Push for Transparency in Secret Surveillance Court