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Privacy Technology : Surveillance Wiretapping : Legislative Documents

Statement of Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, in Support of the Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act of 2003 (07/29/2003)

ACLU Statement on Terrorist Information Awareness Before the Department of Defense Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (06/19/2003)

Sign-on Letter to CIA Director Tenet Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

DOJ Patriot Oversight Response - May 13, 2003 (05/13/2003)
Justice Dept. Response to 4/1/03 Questions on Patriot Act from House Judiciary Committee

Sign-on Letter to Attorney General Ashcroft Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Sign-on Letter to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Urging the Defense Department Report on the Total Information Awareness Program be Available to the Public (05/13/2003)

Letter to the Census Bureau Concerning Data Privacy (04/29/2003)

Testimony of ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar on "Securing the Freedom of the Nation: Collecting Intelligence Under the Law" Before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (04/09/2003)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 113, the Expansion of Wiretapping and Other Surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (04/09/2003)

Letter to Conferees on S. 151, Child Abduction Prevention Act (04/08/2003)

Attorney General's Public Responses to House Oversight Letter (04/08/2003)

House Judiciary Committee letter to Attorney General asking 38 questions - April 1, 2003 (04/01/2003)
House Judiciary Committee letter to Attorney General asking 38 questions - April 1, 2003

Letter to the House Opposing H. R. 1104, the Child Abduction Prevention Act (03/26/2003)

Coalition Letter to the House Select Committee on Homeland Security Urging Opposition to the CAPPS II Program (03/25/2003)

Coalition Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Urging Support to the Wyden Amendment to S. 165, the Air Cargo Security Act (03/12/2003)

Sign-on Letter to Senators Leahy, Grassley and Specter Urging Support for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Reporting Act of 2003 (02/25/2003)

Letter to the Department of Transportation on "Aviation Security Screening Records" 68 Fed. Reg. 2,101 (January 15, 2003). (02/24/2003)

Interested Persons Memo: Section-by-Section Analysis of Justice Department draft "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003," also known as "PATRIOT Act II" (02/14/2003)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to The Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003/H.R. 4 (02/12/2003)

Sign-on Letter to the Judiciary Committee Urging Rejection to S. 113, Expanding FISA Surveillance by Defining Single Person as a "Foreign Power" (02/12/2003)

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