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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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ACLU v. Department of Justice - Redacted Declaration of David M. Hardy (09/15/2006)

ACLU v. Department of Justice - Declaration of Joseph B. (09/15/2006)

DOD response to ACLU of Washington (09/12/2006)

DOD response to ACLU of Georgia (09/12/2006)

NSL Article Gag (08/31/2006)
During the litigation, the government required the sealing of entire published news articles attached as exhibits to ACLU and government motions. Included in this document are some of the articles the government insisted had to remain secret.

NSL New York Times Article Gag (08/31/2006)
During the litigation, the government required the sealing of entire published news articles attached as exhibits to ACLU and government motions. Included in this document are some of the articles the government insisted had to remain secret.

DOD response to ACLU of Florida (08/28/2006)

ACLU v. NSA Stay Stipulation (08/18/2006)
The ACLU and the National Security Agency and Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander have agreed to a stay of the Court’s Judgment and Permanent Injunction Order of Aug. 17, 2006, pending the Court’s ruling on the Defendants’ forthcoming motion for a stay pending appeal. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for September 7.

ACLU v. NSA Federal Court Decision (08/17/2006)
In the first federal challenge ever argued against the Bush administration's NSA spying program, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor rules that the program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of millions of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional. Calling for a halt to this abuse of presidential power, Judge Taylor states that "[t]here are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution," so all the president's "inherent powers" must derive from the Constitution.

Second Amended Complaint (08/07/2006)

Amicus Brief of Former United States Diplomats in El-Masri v. Tenet (07/31/2006)

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