Press Releases
about National Security
Sep 14, 2016
High-Profile Campaign Calls on Obama to Pardon Edward Snowden
ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch announce campaign supported by George Soros, Steve Wozniak, Bruce Ackerman, Timothy Edgar, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daniel Radcliffe, Joyce Carol Oates, Danny Glover, Jimmy Wales, Eve Ensler, others
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jul 20, 2016
Review Board Clears ‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author for Release
Mohamedou Slahi’s Native Mauritania Has Said It Would Welcome Him Home
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jul 01, 2016
U.S. Releases Official Casualty Numbers and New Executive Order on “Targeted Killing”
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration today released statistics revealing how many people it believes it has killed since 2009 in drone and other airstrikes “away from areas of...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 30, 2016
First Appeals Court Hearing to Address Merits of NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance July 6
Video of Hearing Will Be Livestreamed
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 22, 2016
ACLU Calls on Senate to Abandon Pursuit of Vote to Expand Patriot Act Provisions That Allow Warrantless Surveillance
Sen. McConnell Could Call for Second Vote to Pass Patriot Act Expansion
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 16, 2016
Guantánamo Transcripts Give Firsthand Accounts of CIA Torture
Pentagon Releases Tribunal Records in ACLU Lawsuit
Issue Areas:
National Security
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