Bio
Christopher Anders (@ChrisAndersDC) is the Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Democracy and Technology of the ACLU’s National Political Advocacy Department. Since joining the ACLU legislative team in 1997, Anders has represented the ACLU on a wide range of civil liberties and civil rights issues. Since 2006, he has led a national coalition of human rights, civil liberties, and religious groups working on detention and Guantanamo issues. He also has served as a human rights observer at military commission proceedings held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Prior to joining the ACLU’s Washington office, Anders spent 11 years with Washington law and lobbying firms.
Featured work
Jun 8, 2018
Senators Corker and Kaine Want to Give President Trump the Authority to Wage Worldwide War
![Trump and a member of the military](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-trumpmilitary-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
May 3, 2018
Senators Have a New Plan to Expand Indefinite Detention and Endless Global War
![Drone](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-dronesunset-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Apr 13, 2018
Don’t Let Congress Give Trump a Blank Check to Declare Worldwide War
![Trump Side](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-trumpside-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Mar 14, 2018
What the Senate Needs to Know About Gina Haspel
![Gina Haspel](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-ginahaspelcia-1160x768-v01-400x400.jpg)
Sep 8, 2017
Trump’s Tweets Threaten North Korea, but Only Congress Can Declare War
![Kim Jong-Un](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-kimjongun-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jul 27, 2017
Leave It to Donald Trump to Come Up With the Wrong Way to Fire and Replace Jeff Sessions
![Jeff Sessions](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-jeffsessionstalking-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jul 13, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Once Again Shows His Contempt for Transparency
![Jeff Sessions](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-jeffsessionsblue-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jul 12, 2017
Christopher Wray Has a Troubling Record on Civil Liberties
![FBI Building](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-fbibuilding-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jun 2, 2017
Let’s Hold Jeff Sessions Accountable For His Role in Thwarting Justice
![Jeff Sessions](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-sessions-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jun 20, 2016
The Use of Error-Prone and Unfair Watchlists Is Not the Way to Regulate Guns in America
![Airport security line with one man being profiled](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-noflylist-1160x768-v02-400x400.jpg)