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about National Security
Oct 07, 2022
ACLU Statement on President Biden’s New Rules on Drone Strikes and Lethal Force
President Biden has reportedly signed new classified rules governing lethal strikes outside of recognized warzones abroad. According to The New York Times, the new Biden rules are ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Oct 07, 2022
New Biden Executive Order On EU–US Data Transfers Fails to Adequately Protect Privacy
To Make Real Progress, ACLU Calls on Congress to Enact Meaningful Surveillance Reform
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Sep 11, 2022
ACLU Statement on the 21st Commemoration of 9/11
WASHINGTON — In commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero issued the following ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Aug 29, 2022
One Year Later, ACLU Urges President Biden to Keep His Promise to Evacuate Kabul Drone Strike Survivors
The ACLU and its partners have been representing the drone strike victims’ surviving family members and Nutrition & Education International colleagues seeking evacuation.
Issue Areas:
National Security
Aug 25, 2022
Wikimedia Foundation, ACLU, and Knight Institute Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to NSA’s Mass Surveillance
Groups argue the government cannot invoke “state secrets” to block court oversight
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jul 18, 2022
New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data
The records, which the ACLU obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, shed light on the government’s ability to obtain our most private information by simply opening the federal wallet
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