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DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Police surveillance of law-abiding citizens is a challenge to our basic rights and liberties. Particularly since 9/11, police departments across the nation have used “security” as an excuse to monitor and record the activities of law-abiding citizens and groups. The ACLU seeks to protect the rights and privacy of all Americans by challenging the unconstrained and arbitrary use of police surveillance. At the federal level, we also fight against
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Police Documents Released by NYCLU Show Broad Surveillance of Peaceful Political Activity Before RNC (05/16/2007)
NEW YORK - The New York Civil Liberties Union today released approximately 600 pages of NYPD intelligence documents that detail a major and often unlawful NYPD political surveillance operation of political activity preceding the 2004 Republican National Convention.
NYCLU Report Documents Rapid Proliferation of Video Surveillance Cameras (12/14/2006)
NEW YORK - New York City is creating a massive video surveillance infrastructure, according to a New York Civil Liberties Union report released today. The proliferation of video surveillance cameras without legal or regulatory constraints has profound implications for basic rights and liberties, said the NYCLU.
ACLU of Northern California Seeks Information About Undercover Surveillance of University Organizations (04/27/2005)
FRESNO, CA -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and a Fresno State University student group today filed requests with the local sheriff's department and the FBI after university officials disclosed that several plainclothes police officers were present at a student-sponsored lecture last fall. The sheriff's department is currently under investigation following disclosures that it infiltrated an anti-war group in 2003.
ACLU Denounces FBI Tactics Targeting Political Protesters (08/16/2004)
NEW YORK-The American Civil Liberties Union today denounced the FBI's use of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to monitor, interrogate and suppress anti-war and other political protesters and called on individuals who have been targeted for investigation to come forward.
ACLU of Rhode Island Urges Providence To Rethink "Red-Light Camera" Proposal (04/22/2003)
PROVIDENCE, RI--The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today called on Providence Mayor David Cicilline and the City Council to reject a proposal that calls for the installation of so-called "red-light cameras" at various intersections in the city.
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Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (01/15/2003)
Big Brother in the Wires: Wiretapping in the Digital Age (03/01/1998)
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Testimony of National Capital Area Executive Director Johnny Barnes on DC Surveillance Cameras Before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (03/22/2002)
Coalition Letter to President Bush Urging Opposition to a Backdoor National ID System (02/11/2002)
Coalition Letter to Secretary Mineta Urging Opposition to a Backdoor National ID System (02/11/2002)
Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on National Security and the Constitution (01/24/2002)
Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen on Department of Justice Oversight Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (12/04/2001)
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April 5th, 2004, DOJ OLC Opinion Condoning Controversial FBI Surveillance Tactics (08/16/2004)
The Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel issued this previously undisclosed memorandum in support of the FBI's controversial surveillance of peaceful protesters. The memo was issued in response to an internal complaint by a government employee.
Privacy in America: Computers, Phones and Privacy (12/31/1997)
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