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How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Enables Law Enforcement to Use Intelligence Authorities to Circumvent the Privacy Protections Afforded in Criminal Cases (10/23/2001)

How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Allows for Detention of People Engaging in Innocent Associational Activity (10/23/2001)

Sign-on Letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committees On Covert Searches Provisions in Anti-Terrorism Legislation (10/19/2001)

Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft Expressing Concerns on Lack of Information on Persons Arrested or Detained Since September 11 Attacks (10/17/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001"; the Oxley Bill (10/16/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights On Changes in Immigration Detention Practices and the Impact of Proposed Legislation on the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of Citizens and Immigrants (10/12/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Them to Vote "No" on the PATRIOT Act (10/12/2001)

Wiretap Provisions Comparison Chart (Administration, House, Senate Versions, with ACLU comments) (10/09/2001)

Letter to the Senate Urging Rejection of U.S.A. Act (10/09/2001)

Senate Anti-Terrorism Bill Exempts Department of Justice Attorneys from State Bar Ethics Rules (10/08/2001)

Letter to Congress Urging Changes in Provisions of Anti-Terrorism Legislation (10/02/2001)

Testimony by Legislative Counsel Rachel King Before the House Judiciary Committee on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (09/24/2001)

Letter to House and Senate Leaders on the Authorization of Use of Military Force (09/20/2001)

In Defense of Freedom at a Time of Crisis (09/20/2001)

Congress Calls for Civil Liberties Protections (09/14/2001)

Testimony of Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim on the Civil Liberties Implications of Counterterrorism Measures Before the National Commission on Terrorism (03/17/2000)

Memo in Opposition of H.R. 2184, the Terrorism Bill (06/16/1999)