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Audio: Clients and Attorneys Discuss the ACLU v. NSA Case

Document Date: January 30, 2007

On January 31, 2007, the ACLU appeared before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, for oral arguments in ACLU v. NSA, our challenge to the Bush administration's illegal NSA spying program. The government appeal was in response to the ACLU's August, 2006 victory in U.S. District Court, when Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled the NSA program illegal.

Below, ACLU attorneys and clients discuss the case in the days leading up to the January 31 hearing. You can also hear audio of the hearing itself from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Read the latest news and learn more about the challenge to illegal NSA spying at
www.aclu.org/nsaspying.

Ann Beeson, Associate Legal Director of the ACLU
podcast | stream or download (mp3) >>

Harvey Grossman, Legal Director of the ACLU of Illinois
(via telephone)
podcast | stream or download (mp3) >>

Arsalan Ikhtifar, National Legal Director of Council on American Islamic Relations
(via telephone)
podcast | stream or download (mp3) >>

Ann Brick, staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California
(via telephone)
podcast | stream or download (mp3) >>

Josh Dratel, criminal defense attorney and plaintiff in ACLU v. NSA
(via telephone)
podcast | stream or download (mp3) >>

Nick Schmader, member of the Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace
(via telephone)
podcast | stream or download (mp3) >>

MORE ON ACLU v. NSA
> Response to the Federal Court Ruling the Bush Spy Program Illegal
> ACLU v. NSA Clients Respond to White House Claims About Illegal Spying

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