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12/31/2011
NDAA

President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Into Law

By Amanda Simon at 4:20pm
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today, allowing indefinite detention to be codified into law. Read More
11/28/2011
NDAA

ACLU Lens: Senate Takes Up New Detention Authorities Again Tonight – We Need Your Help!

By Amanda Simon at 11:21am
The Senate’s back in session today, ready to begin once again on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Perfectly timed for the Senate’s return, ... Read More
10/24/2011
Indefinite Detention

Momentum Building Against NDAA Detention Provision

By Amanda Simon at 4:43pm
The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times have both joined our fight for civilian trials for terrorism suspects and against a troubling detention provision in ... Read More
10/03/2011
TSA

Watch Lists – Easy to Get On, Impossible to Get Off

By Amanda Simon at 3:26pm
The New York Times had a great editorial in its Sunday paper that outlined the continuing issues with terror watch lists. Read More
09/22/2011
Women in the Military

ACLU Lens: Chicago Sun-Times Weighs in on Indefensible Military Abortion Policy

By Amanda Simon at 12:43pm
The Chicago Sun-Times today has a terrific editorial on a thoroughly unfair military policy regarding servicewomen who are the victims of rape. Read More
09/19/2011
Indefinite Detention

Will the Senate Forget the Lessons from Japanese-American Internment?

By Amanda Simon at 1:02pm
The U.S. Senate is considering the unthinkable, changing detention laws to imprison people – including Americans – indefinitely and without charge. ... Read More
06/13/2011

FBI Lowers the Surveillance Bar Yet Again

By Amanda Simon at 3:46pm
Looks like the FBI will be once again lowering its already rock bottom standards for surveillance soon. Read More
05/11/2011
AUMF

Unchecked Executive War Power Could Slip Through the House

By Amanda Simon at 4:08pm
Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act, being marked up by the House Armed Services Committee this week, is a hugely important provision that hasn't ... Read More
04/14/2011
LGBT Discrimination in the Workplace

Putting an END(A) to Workplace Discrimination

By Amanda Simon at 11:06am
Congress is about to take up an incredibly important bill that will affect thousands of American workers. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which was ... Read More
04/08/2011
ECPA

A Straight Answer on Warrants for Email from the Government? Not So Easy.

By Amanda Simon at 6:15pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee met this week to hear testimony from Obama administration officials on upcoming plans to update the Electronic Communications Privacy ... Read More
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