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National Security:
Throughout U.S. history "national security" has often been used as a pretext for massive violations of individual rights. The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 mobilized our country in the fight against terrorism. However, this also launched a serious civil liberties crises. The ACLU continues to challenge policies like the USA Patriot Act, and creates campaigns like Safe and Free.


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National Security : General : Legislative Documents

Coalition Sign-On Letter To Senate Judiciary Committee Raising Concerns About S.Res. 445, the McConnell-Reid Senate Intelligence and Homeland Security Oversight Reform Proposal (10/07/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Senators to Vote Either in Favor of or Against Certain Amendments to S. 2845, the "National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004" (10/06/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Senators to Reject the the Kyl Amendment (No. 3801) to S. 2845, the Collins-Lieberman bill (10/04/2004)

ACLU Letter Urging Senators to Postpone Consideration of the Collins-Lieberman bill S. 2845, the National Intelligence Reform Act, until after the Presidential Election (09/29/2004)

Coalition Letter to the House Urging Members to Reject Any Proposal That Would Lead to the Creation of a National Identification System (National ID) by means of State Issued Driver's Licenses (09/20/2004)

Coalition Letter to the Senate Urging Senators to Reject Any Proposal That Would Lead to the Creation of a National Identification System (National ID) by means of State Issued Driver's Licenses (09/20/2004)

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Statement Submitted by ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy H. Edgar at a Hearing before House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations on Overclassification (08/24/2004)

ACLU Statement for the Record at a Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "The 9/11 Commission and Recommendations for the Future of Federal Law Enforcement and Border Security" (08/19/2004)

ADC and AAI Joint Statement, Endorsed by 24 Civil Liberties, Faith Based, and Human Rights Groups and 17 ADC Chapters, Expressing Concerns about Issuance of Tabulations of Arab-American Population by US Census Bureau to the US Customs Service and DHS (08/16/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "9/11 Commission Recommendations: Counterterrorism Analysis and Collection-The Requirement for Imagination and Creativity" before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (08/04/2004)

ACLU Analysis of the 9-11 Commission's Recommendations for Intelligence Reform (07/30/2004)

Summary of ACLU Analysis of 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Intelligence Reform (07/30/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Clark Kent Ervin at the Department of Homeland Security Expressing Concerns About the Case of Maher Arar (07/16/2004)

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)

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)

Answers to Written Questions Posed to Professor Nadine Strossen, ACLU President, Following Her Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on November 18, 2003: "America After 9/11: Freedom Preserved Or Freedom Lost?" (12/19/2003)

Answers to Written Questions Posed to Professor Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU, Following Her Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 18, 2003: "America After 9/11: Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?" (12/19/2003)

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 Letter to the House and Senate Committees on Intelligence Urging Opposition to Expanded Authority of "National Security Letters" in H.R. 2417 and S. 1025, the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2004 (11/17/2003)

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