FOIA Collections
The Freedom of Information Act gives all of us the right to ask the government for documents and have the government respond. As the ACLU, we request, and sometimes sue to obtain information about government activity in order to analyze, publish, and disseminate this information to the press and public.
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Privacy & Technology
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DHS Face Surveillance FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the ACLU for records related to the implementation of face surveillance technology at airports.
Date Created:Dec 24, 2020
Contains:12 Documents
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
[ACLU v. CBP] Documents Released Under Lawsuit
This database compiles all documents released under the ACLU v. CBP FOIA lawsuit seeking records pertaining to the ICE and CBP's use and purchase of cell-site simulator technology.
Date Created:May 22, 2020
Contains:13 Documents
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
Social Media Surveillance FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the ACLU for records related to the use of social media surveillance by federal agencies for the purpose of conducting extreme vetting.
Date Created:Mar 4, 2020
Contains:32 Documents
Racial Justice
FBI Surveillance of Black Activists: FOIA Collection
FBI records secured through Center for Media Justice v. FBI, a FOIA lawsuit to uncover information about surveillance of Black people whom the government deems so-called "Black Identity Extremists."
Date Created:Mar 6, 2019
Contains:44 Documents
National Security
Discriminatory Profiling
Muslim Ban FOIA Database
This database compiles documents received from ACLU affiliates' FOIA requests to expose how local Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials interpreted and executed President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban.
Date Created:Jun 21, 2018
Contains:154 Documents
National Security
Discriminatory Profiling
TSA Behavior Detection FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced by the TSA in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU for documents and information relating to the TSA’s behavior detection programs.
Date Created:Sep 26, 2016
Contains:729 Documents
National Security
FOIA Database Regarding the U.S. Government’s Violent Extremism Initiatives
The ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuits produced the below records regarding the federal government’s “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE) and “Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships” (CP3) programs.
Date Created:Sep 9, 2016
Contains:1919 Documents
National Security
Targeted Killing
Targeted Killing FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced in response to ACLU Freedom of Information Act lawsuits seeking legal and factual information about the government’s program of lethal strikes abroad, including drone use.
Date Created:Dec 21, 2015
Contains:314 Documents
National Security
Discriminatory Profiling
TSA FOIA Documents
The documents released from the ACLU submitted Freedom of Information Act request seeking information about the TSA's Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques program.
Date Created:Jun 25, 2015
Contains:0 Document
National Security
+2 Issues
Section 215 Documents
The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department seeking information about the government's use and interpretation of Patriot Act Section 215.
Date Created:Apr 29, 2015
Contains:99 Documents