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Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo Urging Congress to Reject Power to Detain Suspected Terrorists Indefinitely Without Charge, Trial or a Right to Counsel (06/23/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the Senate Urging Them to Reject Any Legislative Proposal Authorizing Detention Without Charge or Trial of Individuals Found in the United States (06/22/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "Tools to Fight Terrorism: Subpoena Authority and Pretrial Detention of Terrorists before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security (06/22/2004)

Testimony By Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Office, Before the Democratic Party Platform Committee (06/19/2004)

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo on the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2003 (S. 1709/H.R. 3352) Which Provides Safeguards to Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act (06/16/2004)

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo on the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2003 (S. 1709/H.R. 3352) Which Provides Safeguards to Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act (06/16/2004)

ACLU Letter to President George W. Bush Urging the Establishment of an Independent, Bipartisan Commission to Investigate the Mistreatment of Detainees (06/15/2004)

ACLU Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft Urging Him to Recuse Himself from the Investigation of Detainee Abuses (06/15/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees Opposing H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" (06/15/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, on H.R. 2934, the "Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003" before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Committee on the Judiciary (04/21/2004)

ACLU Interested Person's Memo Responding to Attorney General Ashcroft's Threat to Veto the Security And Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2004 (02/06/2004)

Coalition Letter to the Department of Homeland Security in Support of Recent Suspension of the One-Year and Thirty-Day Re-Registration Requirements for the National Entry-Exit Registration System or "NSEERS" (12/18/2003)

ACLU Testimony at a Hearing on "Security and Liberty" Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (12/08/2003)

Sign-on Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Urging Oversight on the Treatment of Detainees by the Department of Justice (06/04/2003)

Sign-on Letter to CIA Director Tenet Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Sign-on Letter to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Sign-on Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Testimony of ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar on "Securing the Freedom of the Nation: Collecting Intelligence Under the Law" Before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (04/09/2003)

Sign on Letter to Key Members of Congress on the Draft Domestic Security Enhancement Act (PATRIOT Act II) (04/02/2003)

ACLU Fact Sheet on PATRIOT Act II (03/28/2003)