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ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging A "No" Vote on Cloture and "Yes" to Stripping Immunity During the Debate On The FISA Amendments Act of 2007

Coalition Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to the Senate Intelligence Committe's Version of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Support of Judiciary Committee Language and Rejection of Telecom Immunity Provisions

ACLU Letter in Support of Army Field Manual Provision

ACLU Analysis of Telecom Immunity Provision in S. 2248, the Rockefeller/Administration FISA Bill

One Pager On S. 2248, The Rockefeller/Bush Administration FISA Bill

ACLU Section By Section Analysis of S. 2248, Rockefeller / Bush Administration FISA bill

Statement of Brandon Mayfield to Congress Urging Against Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

ACLU Coalition Letter Urging No Funding for Real ID in Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

Section by Section of the RESTORE Act

National FISA Poll by the Mellman Group; Voters Vigorously Oppose Warrantless Wiretaps, Blanket Warrants and Telecom Amnesty

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Leadership on Mukasey Nomination
Dear Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Specter: On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan organization with over half a million activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we write in regard to the pending nomination of former U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mukasey for Attorney General.

Memo to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Executive Privilege and NSA Wiretapping Subpoenas

Sign-On Letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid Insisting On Public Debate of FISA Legislation Before Passage

ACLU Material Support Statement for the Record for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

Statement of Barry Steinhardt on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of Domestic Spy Satellites Before the House Committee on Homeland Security

Written Testimony of Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, Submitted to the House Judiciary Committee for a Hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Democratic Congressional Leaders Outlining Basic Privacy Principles Needed in the Wake of Changes to FISA

ACLU Analysis of the Protect America Act

How The Protect America Act Will Affect Business
On August 4, 2007 Congress changed the nature of the relationship American citizens have with their government. The Fourth Amendment was written to guarantee the right of the people “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures,” or put more simply, the right to be left alone absent probable cause and a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate. But now our government can seize the private international communications of all Americans and search them for “foreign intelligence information” without any suspicion that anyone has done anything wrong.