News & Commentary about National Security

The ACLU’s National Security Project is dedicated to ensuring that U.S. national security policies and practices are consistent with the Constitution, civil liberties, and human rights.

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Mar 19, 2013

The Bipartisan Push for Digital Due Process Rights Grows Stronger Every Day

Mar 19, 2013

ACLU in Court Today Arguing that GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant

Mar 15, 2013

Truly Dishonorable: Military Justice System Betrays Survivors of Sexual Assault

Mar 15, 2013

Intel Officials Admit "Cyber Pearl Harbor" Unlikely Soon, Agree Cyber Should be Kept in Civilian Hands

Mar 15, 2013

Victory in Court: CIA Can No Longer Refuse to "Confirm or Deny" on Drones

Mar 12, 2013

Government Increasingly Invoking National Security to Circumvent FOIA

Mar 12, 2013

ACLU to Congress: Keep Cybersecurity Information Sharing Out of Military Hands!

Mar 12, 2013

American Torture and the 'Heroic Imagination'

Mar 8, 2013

Thanks to John Brennan, a Big and Bipartisan Pushback Against the Vast Killing Program

Mar 8, 2013

We Already Have Police Helicopters, So What’s the Big Deal Over Drones?