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Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001"; the Oxley Bill (10/16/2001)
Letter to the Senate on Legislation to Increase Law Enforcement Electronic Surveillance, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Prosecution of Juveniles in Federal Court, and to Make the Use of Encryption a Grounds for Enhancing a Criminal Penalty (10/10/2000)
Testimony of Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim on the Civil Liberties Implications of Counterterrorism Measures Before the National Commission on Terrorism (03/17/2000)
Letter to Senator Harkin on Civil Asset Forfeiture (08/02/1999)
Letter to the House on "The Civil Asset Forfeiture Act of 1999" (06/10/1999)
Statement of Rep. Henry Hyde, "Forfeiture Reform: Now, or Never?" (05/03/1999)
Nadine Strossen's Congressional Testimony on Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform (06/11/1997)
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