Bio
Anna Diakun is the Nadine Strossen fellow in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where she works on issues related to the government’s targeted killing program, surveillance, and discrimination against racial and religious minorities. She is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. Prior to joining the ACLU, Ms. Diakun served as a law clerk to the Hon. Allyson K. Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Featured work

Jul 11, 2019
CBP Can’t Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks

Jun 29, 2018
Judge Rejects CIA’s Absurd Secrecy Claim on Botched Yemen Raid

Jul 18, 2017
The Drone Program in Pakistan Is One of the Government’s Worst-Kept Secrets

Jun 21, 2017
If the Government Spied on You, How Would You Know?

Nov 17, 2016
ACLU Sues for Answers on Warrantless Surveillance of Americans

Oct 25, 2016
Fighting to Bring the Drone Program Into the Light