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Safe and Free : General : Legislative Documents

Letter sent to Senators Leahy, Kennedy, Corzine, Feingold and Durbin upon introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004

Letter sent to Representatives Berman and Delahunt upon introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004

Coalition Sign On Letter Sent to SEnators Leahy, Kennedy, Corzine, Feingold and Durbin Upon Introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004

ACLU Letter to President George W. Bush Urging the Establishment of an Independent, Bipartisan Commission to Investigate the Mistreatment of Detainees

ACLU Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft Urging Him to Recuse Himself from the Investigation of Detainee Abuses

Coalition Sign-On Letter to House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees Opposing H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003"

Testimony Submitted by Bob Barr of the American Conservative Union before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security at a Hearing on H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003"

ACLU Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Expressing Opposition to H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003"

ACLU Letter to President Bush Regarding the Abuse of Prisoners at Abu Ghraib

ACLU Letter to House Judiciary Committee and House Permanent Select Committee Members Urging Opposition to H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003"

ACLU Testimony of Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, on H.R. 2934, the "Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003" before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Committee on the Judiciary

ACLU Written Statement of Nadine Strossen, President, and Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, before the United States Commission on Civil Rights at a Hearing on "Security and Liberty"

ACLU Interested Person's Memo Responding to Attorney General Ashcroft's Threat to Veto the Security And Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2004

Answers to Written Questions Posed to Professor Nadine Strossen, ACLU President, Following Her Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on November 18, 2003: "America After 9/11: Freedom Preserved Or Freedom Lost?"

Answers to Written Questions Posed to Professor Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU, Following Her Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 18, 2003: "America After 9/11: Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?"

ACLU Interested Persons Memo Providing Analysis the Latest Available Draft (7/30/2003) of the Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act of 2003 ("VICTORY") Act

ACLU Testimony at a Hearing on "Security and Liberty" Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

ACLU Testimony at a Hearing on "America after 9/11: Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?" Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Submitted by Nadine Strossen, President and Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel

ACLU Letter to the House and Senate Committees on Intelligence Urging Opposition to Expanded Authority of "National Security Letters" in H.R. 2417 and S. 1025, the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2004

Sign-On Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S.1709, the Security and Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2003

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