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Wikimedia v. NSA - Challenge to Upstream Surveillance Under the FISA Amendments Act

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September 6, 2018

In March 2015, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NSA’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international Internet communications. At issue is the NSA’s “Upstream”…

Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al

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October 3, 2016

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services…

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Executive Order 12,333 – FOIA Lawsuit

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December 3, 2018

The ACLU and the Media Freedom Information Access ("MFIA") Clinic at Yale Law School have filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding that the government release information about its use of…

Ullah v. CIA – FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Information About Gul Rahman’s Body

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November 29, 2018

In November 2002, the CIA tortured Afghan citizen Gul Rahman to death. The CIA covered up his death for years and continues to hide information about the whereabouts of his body from his grieving family.

ACLU v. CIA - FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records Concerning the CIA’s Propaganda Campaign to Confirm Gina Haspel as CIA Director

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November 29, 2018

When President Trump nominated Gina Haspel to be CIA director in March 2018, the CIA began an unprecedented propaganda to promote her confirmation by the Senate. The CIA’s campaign selectively disseminated…

Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications

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November 8, 2018

The ACLU and its affiliates in Southern California and Washington, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, and…

Khaled El-Masri v. United States

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November 6, 2018

In a history-making lawsuit, the ACLU challenged the CIA on behalf of Khaled El-Masri, an entirely innocent victim of rendition who was released without ever being charged. …

ACLU V. DOJ – FOIA Lawsuit Seeking the Government’s Policy on Notifying Americans When It Spies on Them

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October 30, 2018

In February 2017, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Justice to find out more about the circumstances under which the government thinks it can spy on Americans…

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