Bio
Hugh Handeyside (@hhandeyside) was a senior staff attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where he worked on issues related to government watchlisting, racial and religious discrimination, due process, and border-related practices. He is a graduate of Stanford University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Handeyside previously worked for several years on complex litigation matters at Perkins Coie LLP and Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Preece LLP. From 2011-2012, he clerked for the Hon. John C. Coughenour of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Prior to law school, Mr. Handeyside worked for two years at the CIA, where he was an analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence and the Counterterrorism Center.
Featured work
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Jan 30, 2015
The DEA’s "Cold Consent" Encounters: Definitely Cold, Not So Consensual
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Sep 22, 2014
Government Placing Itself at Top of New Air Travel Caste System
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Aug 6, 2014
Numbers Tell the Story of Our Government's Watchlisting Binge
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Jun 25, 2014
Victory: No Fly List Process Ruled Unconstitutional
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Feb 13, 2014
What Have We Learned from the Spies of Mississippi?
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Jan 31, 2014
"It Was Mostly the Middle Easterners Who Got the Special Screening"
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Jan 24, 2014
Federal Courts Deal Setbacks to No-Fly List