The ACLU works to ensure that civil liberties are respected, even in times of national emergency. The following audio recordings are from ACLU staff and leaders talking about where they were on September 11, 2001, and also include commentaries about the state of civil liberties directly after the terrorist attacks and where, five years later, we are as a nation.
More About 9/11: Five Years Later
 Nadine Strossen is the President of the ACLU. She was in Washington D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001, for an ACLU gathering to discuss civil liberties. > Traveling on Sept. 10, 2001 podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > The ACLU goes into action podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > President Bush's speech podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
 Anthony
Romero became the executive director of the ACLU one week
before the terrorist attacks. Under
his leadership the ACLU has won a victory against the
Bush Administration's illegal
NSA spying program and has sought
truth and accountability in the torture of detainees
in U.S. custody.> The ACLU goes into action podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > How the ACLU has responded podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
 Art
Eisenberg is the NYCLU's legal director.
Since the attacks, the NYCLU has worked to ensure
protest rights and also challenged the random
search policy in the New York City transit system. > Immediate implications podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > Subway search challenge podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
 Patricia Perry is the mother of John
Perry who was a
lawyer for the NYPD and a member of the Nassau County NYCLU Chapter
board. John was at police headquarters to hand in
his resignation on September 11, 2001. When he learned of the attacks, he went to help those
trapped in the World Trade Center and he lost his life in doing so. > John W. Perry remembered podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > State of civil liberties today podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
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 Donna
Lieberman is the executive
director of the NYCLU. Since September 11, 2001, the NYCLU has worked to ensure
protest rights and also challenged the random
search policy in the New York City transit system. > How the NYCLU responded podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > NYCLU and free speech podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
 Shin
Inouye works in the media relations department in the Washington
D.C. Legislative office.> Memories from Washington D.C. podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > State of Washington D.C. today podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> > The past guides the future podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
 Sheryl
Douglas is a longtime staff member of the ACLU. She is an activist at heart, lobbying for the workers union in Albany and serves as a coordinator at the voting polls on election days. Her son begins his fourth tour of duty in Iraq this week. > Military and civil liberties podcast | stream or download (mp3) >> |
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