Bio
Neema Singh Guliani is a former senior legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, focusing on surveillance, privacy, and national security issues. She served from 2013 to 2020.
Prior to joining the ACLU, she worked in the Chief of Staff’s Office at DHS, concentrating on national security and civil rights issues. She has also worked as an adjudicator in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Agriculture and was an investigative counsel with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where she conducted investigations related to the BP oil spill, contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Recovery Act. Neema is a graduate of Brown University where she earned a BA in International Relations with a focus on global security and received her JD from Harvard Law School in 2008.
Featured work
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Feb 12, 2020
Deadline Looming, Strongest Surveillance Reform Bill Yet Emerges
![Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/12/WEB19-Senators-Wicker-and-Cantwell-BlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-400x266.jpg)
Dec 5, 2019
Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online
![Anti-Patriot Act demonstrators](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/11/WEB19-Patriot-Act-Protest-BlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-400x266.jpg)
Nov 21, 2019
Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government’s Spying Powers
![View of people from afar with human recognition markers around them](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-human-recognition-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jun 7, 2019
The FBI Has Access to Over 640 Million Photos of Us Through Its Facial Recognition Database
![Hand holding landline phone](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-landline-phone-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 5, 2019
Ending the NSA’s Massive Phone Spying Program Would Be a Good Start — But There’s a Lot More to Do
![Computer Circuit Board](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-computercircuit-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Feb 6, 2019
How to Shine a Light on U.S. Government Surveillance of Americans
![surveillance tower](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-smartwall-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Feb 1, 2019
Congress, Don’t Give DHS Unrestricted Authority to Build a 'Smart Wall'
![Aerial photograph of the National Security Agency](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-nsa-building-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 9, 2019
William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State