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VIDEO: Surveillance, Secrecy, and Government Accountability

By Amanda Corlett, ACLU at 5:31pm
Last month, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jameel Jaffer participated in a panel convened by Open Society Foundations in New York City entitled National Security Secrecy and Surveillance: Defending the Public’s Right to Know
 
The conversation, which was moderated by secrecy expert Steven Aftergood, a Senior Research Analyst at the Federation of American

This Week in Civil Liberties (02/22/2013)

By Amanda Corlett, ACLU at 4:13pm

How did President Obama respond when asked whether or not his administration can kill a United States citizen - while on U. S. soil - suspected of terrorist activities?

What new drone-based surveillance technology can track a car or pedestrian in high definition anywhere in the U.S.?

Which Florida university has granted sports stadium naming rights to a notorious private prison company?

This Week in Civil Liberties (10/05/2012)

By Amanda Corlett, ACLU at 6:03pm

Who seems terrified about consumers taking control over the privacy of their own online data?

Who among us is being subjected to video surveillance from the comfort and familiarity of our own neighborhoods?  (You may want to take a peek out of your own front window.)

What steamy best-selling novel has spurred the latest challenge over free speech and censorship?

Voters of which state will have one less barrier to face before exercising their right to vote on Election Day?

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