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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.


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CHALLENGING ILLEGAL NSA
SPYING
> News: ACLU Condemns Senate for Passing Spy Law Changes
> Blog: Patriot Act Redux
> Fact Sheet: The "Police Americans Act" and FISA
> SubpoenaWatch: What's Next?
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HOLDING PHONE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE
> Map: The Fight Against Unchecked Surveillance, State by State
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The ACLU is suing the National Security Agency for violating the U.S. Constitution. The illegal NSA spying program authorized by President Bush just after September 11, 2001, allows the NSA to intercept vast quantities of the international telephone and Internet communications of innocent Americans without court approval.

Q: What do you think of the Bush Administration's response to the ACLU v. NSA lawsuit and recent attempts to explain illegal government spying on Americans?

James Bamford, Journalist/Author
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Nancy Hollander, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Arsalan T. Iftikhar, Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Barnett Rubin, NYU Center on International Cooperation
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Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
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