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Surveillance Society Clock: Graphics You Can Use (09/17/2007)
ACLU graphics you can use on the Web, in e-mail, wherever you can to help get the word out about the crisis of surveillance in America.

ACLU Comments to the FCC on AT&T-BellSouth Merger Calling for Investigation of NSA Data-Sharing Allegations (06/06/2006)

CDC Information Gathering & Quarantine Proposals: Links and Resources (04/25/2006)
A secret deal has been revealed between the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control to share airline passenger data -- a deal that violates agreements that DHS has signed with the E.U. and possibly other foreign governments. This deal raises questions about the government's apparent inability to respect privacy restrictions, as well as its habitual drive to operate in secrecy.

Organizations and People Supporting the NSA Lawsuit (04/20/2006)

News in the Illegal Domestic Spying Cases (01/31/2006)

NSA Spying on Americans Is Illegal (12/29/2005)
What if it emerged that the President of the United States was flagrantly violating the Constitution and a law passed by the Congress to protect Americans against abuses by a super-secret spy agency? What if, instead of apologizing, he said, in essence, "I have the power to do that, because I say I can." That frightening scenario is exactly what we are now witnessing in the case of the warrantless NSA spying ordered by President Bush that was reported December 16, 2005 by the New York Times.

Global Identity Cards (04/26/2005)
Feature on Global Identity Cards and RFID-enabled biometric passports

ACLU Comments on Electronic Passports to State Department (04/04/2005)
ACLU Comments on Electronic Passports to State Department

Secure Flight Airline Passenger Pre-Screening System (03/24/2005)

Feature on MATRIX (03/08/2005)
Feature on MATRIX (Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange), the latest data-mining program to emerge from the government.

Naked Data: How The U.S. Ignored International Concerns and Pushed for Radio Chips In Passports Without Security (11/26/2004)
Documents obtained recently by the ACLU show that the United States government ignored warnings about privacy and security while successfully pushing for an international standard for new electronic passports that will leave citizens vulnerable to identity theft, invasions of privacy, or worse.

ACLU and Privacy International Secure Flight Comments (Docket No. TSA-2004-19160) (10/25/2004)

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.

ACLU Letter to Tom Ridge on CAPPS II (07/20/2004)

MATRIX Project Brochure (06/15/2004)

Letter from Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union to MBTA regarding passenger screening measures (06/10/2004)

ACLU Letter to Senator Daniel Akaka (05/27/2004)

MATRIX: First Responder Support slide presentation (05/20/2004)

ACLU Letter to DHS About MATRIX (05/20/2004)
ACLU letter to DHS Chief Privacy Officer Nuala O'Connor Kelly requesting investigation into DHS involvment in the MATRIX program