Drones

05/25/2012
This Week in Civil Liberties

Free Future Friday links roundup

By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 10:20am
A few links that have caught our eye this past week: Read More
05/18/2012
Targeted Killings

Government Asks for Another Delay in Targeted Killing FOIA Lawsuit

By Josh Bell, ACLU at 4:41pm
We’ve just learned that the Obama administration has asked the court for another extension for filing briefs in the ACLU’s FOIA lawsuit seeking ... Read More
05/11/2012
Civil Liberties in the Digital Age

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (5/11/2012)

By Anna Salem, ACLU of Northern California at 2:52pm
In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and ... Read More
05/04/2012
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties (5/4/2012)

By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 4:41pm
What surveillance tool used by law enforcement could lead to nightmarish privacy infringement? This week, the White House confirmed the existence of what program that ... Read More
05/01/2012
Targeted Killings

Further Reflections About John Brennan's Targeted Killing Speech

By Jameel Jaffer, Center for Democracy at 11:48am
The president's chief counterterrorism advisor delivered a speech yesterday at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. We issued a ... Read More
04/30/2012
Targeted Killings

White House Confirms Existence of Targeted Killing Program

By Ateqah Khaki, ACLU at 2:59pm
Today, the New York Times ran an ACLU op-ed about the CIA's misuse of secrecy to withhold information from the public about the agency's targeted killing program, ... Read More
03/29/2012
Targeted Killings

Calling Out the CIA for Its Secrecy Game on Targeted Killing

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 6:21pm
Today Andrew Rosenthal of The New York Times published a thoughtful column discussing the untenable position taken by the government in response to the ACLU's two ... Read More
03/22/2012
Targeted Killings

Broad Spectrum of Organizations Support ACLU Legal Fight for Transparency on U.S. Drone Program

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 4:29pm
Today, nine organizations submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about the CIA's use of ... Read More
03/15/2012
Targeted Killings

Drone Strikes Filing Today: Appealing the CIA's Attempt to Hide the Worst-Kept Secret in the World

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 3:17pm
Today the ACLU filed its appeal brief in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about the CIA's use of drones to carry out targeted killings around ... Read More
03/13/2012
Domestic Drones

VIDEO: See What Armed Domestic Drones Look Like

By Josh Bell, ACLU at 4:09pm
A big worry about U.S. law enforcement’s expanding use of drones is the lack of rules protecting from privacy violations. But drone manufacturers are also ... Read More

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