There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.
Feature on ACLU's No-Fly List FOIA Lawsuit (6/6/2003)
ACLU Seeks Government Accountability For No-Fly List
Rebecca Gordon et al., v. FBI et al.,
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a secret "no fly" list maintained by the Federal government. The lawsuit was necessary because the government has refused to confirm the existence of any protocols, procedures or guidelines as to how the "no fly" lists were created or to detail how they are being maintained or corrected -- and how people who are mistakenly included on the list can get off.
ACLU Report: "Caught in the Backlash" From the ACLU of Northern California (with detail on Rebecca Gordon and Janet Adams's stories and those of others)
The ACLU online advertising campaign addressing the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II, the TSA's passenger profiling system that threatens to create a permanent blacklist of people who cannot fly.
