Press Releases
about National Security
Jun 24, 2022
ACLU Statement on Biden’s Long-Delayed Transfer of Man Detained at Guantánamo For Over 15 Years
NEW YORK — The Biden administration has transferred Assadullah Haroon Gul, a man detained without charge at the Guantánamo Bay military prison for the last 15 years. In October ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
May 16, 2022
ACLU Comment on Racially-Motivated Mass Shooting in Buffalo
NEW YORK — A white gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others — 11 of whom are Black — this past Saturday afternoon at a Buffalo, New York supermarket. The FBI is inves...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
National Security
Apr 06, 2022
ACLU Statement on Amtrak Request to Screen Rail Passengers Against Watchlist For First Time
WASHINGTON — In response to the news that Amtrak is asking the Transportation Security Administration to start screening rail passengers against the federal master terrorism watc...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Mar 24, 2022
Muslim Americans Sue Border and Immigration Officials Over Illegal Religious Questioning
LOS ANGELES — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Minnesota, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California filed a federal lawsuit today in the United States Distric...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Religious Liberty
Court case: Kariye v. Mayorkas
Mar 04, 2022
Supreme Court Allows Suit Against F.B.I. for Spying on Muslims to Move Forward
Narrow Decision Allows Government to Assert State Secrets Privilege Despite Safeguards Established by Congress in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: FBI v. Fazaga
Mar 03, 2022
Supreme Court Allows U.S. Government to Hide Details of U.S. Torture of Guantánamo Detainee
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government can assert the state secrets privilege over a Guantánamo Bay detainee’s efforts to subpoena informa...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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