Which law could be used to restrict the right to protest at next week’s NATO summit?
Which government watch list can you get on but are entirely at the ... Read More
By Chris Anders, Washington Legislative Office at 11:26am
The amendment makes clear that the U.S. is off-limits to indefinite military detention and that military commissions cannot be used for civilians in the United States.
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This week the House will debate the NDAA for fiscal year 2013. We'll be monitoring the debate and pulling for an amendment that fixes the terrible detention ... Read More
Congress is back, so we’re looking at a busy schedule this week.
As we mentioned last week, this Wednesday the House Armed Services Committee will mark up this ... Read More
Congress is out this week, but May will be a busy month with cybersecurity in the Senate, the 2013 NDAA and the arraignment of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
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This week, the House Armed Services Committee has turned its attention back to the National Defense Authorization Act and began working on this year's bill. You ... Read More
By Farbod Faraji, National Security Project at 5:45pm
Earlier this month at Harvard Law School, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jameel Jaffer and Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith, who in 2003 and 2004 led the Bush ... Read More
By Ben Wizner, Director, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project at 10:58am
Today the Supreme Court was asked if federal officials responsible for the torture of an American citizen on American soil may be sued for damages under the ... Read More
