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Virginia School to Use Cameras To Keep Eye on Students (08/06/2000)
FAIRFAX, VA -- High school and middle school students in Virginia's Fauquier County will be watched by electronic eyes this year after the installation of almost $60,000 worth of cameras over the spring and summer, The Washington Post reported

ACLU Asks Senate to Preserve Civil Liberties While Preventing Terrorism (06/15/2000)
"This report is a virtual smorgasbord of civil liberties violations," said ACLU Legislative Counsel Gregory T. Nojeim, who pointed to a broad range of red flags raised by the Commission's report. 

Attack on Terrorism Misses Target, Hits America's Freedoms Instead, Charges the ACLU (06/05/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today criticized a new report by the National Commission on Terrorism, which included several disturbing recommendations, including putting the Pentagon in charge when there is a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

ACLU of GA Says School Strip Search Ruling Ignores Students' Rights (10/04/1999)
ATLANTA -- While ruling that school officials and police officers violated the Constitution when they strip-searched an entire class of fifth graders, a Georgia judge today said that none of the adults involved could be held liable for their actions.

In Report on School Safety, ACLU Urges Mass. Officials to Resist "Quick Fix" Solutions (09/08/1999)
BOSTON -- Seeking to forestall "quick fix" school safety measures that feed a climate of fear, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is sending school superintendents a copy of a new briefing paper, "Safety in Schools: Are We On The Right Track?"

College Athletes Fall Victim to Video Voyeurs (08/09/1999)
NEW YORK -- Unauthorized videotapes of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of naked male athletes in the locker rooms of more than 50 universities are being produced, sold and distributed on sexually oriented sites on the World Wide Web, according to a lawyer representing 200 of the men who were taped.