Bio
Ben Wizner (@benwizner) is the director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. For nearly 15 years, he has worked at the intersection of civil liberties and national security, litigating numerous cases involving airport security policies, government watch lists, surveillance practices, targeted killing, and torture. He appears regularly in the global media, has testified before Congress, and is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law. Since July of 2013, he has been the principal legal advisor to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Ben is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University School of Law and was a law clerk to the Hon. Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Featured work
Jul 29, 2008
In the Eye of the Beholder
Jul 26, 2008
Frying the Small Fish
Jun 13, 2008
Boumediene — Sadness and Celebration
Aug 7, 2007
When "Torture" Is the Only Way to Describe It
Jul 27, 2007
Guantánamo: The Road to Closure, Part II
Jul 26, 2007
Guantánamo: The Road to Closure
Mar 31, 2007
The Looking-Glass Sentence
Mar 29, 2007
No Books, No Tours, No Hearings
Mar 28, 2007
Coming Soon: More Injustice at Gitmo
Mar 27, 2007
A Tailor-Made Guilty Plea