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Oct 3, 2012

Seeking the Truth About the CIA's Detainee Abuses

Seeking the Truth About the CIA's Detainee Abuses

Oct 2, 2012

Important Breakthrough for LGBT Immigrant Families

Important Breakthrough for LGBT Immigrant Families

Oct 2, 2012

Documents Obtained by ACLU Shed Light on Other Telecom Surveillance Techniques

Documents Obtained by ACLU Shed Light on Other Telecom Surveillance Techniques

Oct 1, 2012

Tuesday: Federal Appeals Court Hears Important Cell Phone Tracking Case

Tuesday: Federal Appeals Court Hears Important Cell Phone Tracking Case

Sep 28, 2012

Breaking the Law, Videotaping Suspicious Characters, and Seeing Through Walls (Friday Links Roundup)

Breaking the Law, Videotaping Suspicious Characters, and Seeing Through Walls (Friday Links Roundup)

Sep 28, 2012

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (9/28/2012

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (9/28/2012

Sep 27, 2012

Boston Police Store License Plate Data For “Intelligence” Purposes

Boston Police Store License Plate Data For “Intelligence” Purposes

Sep 27, 2012

New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance

New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
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Sep 26, 2012

Broad Range of Organizations Support ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping at Supreme Court

Broad Range of Organizations Support ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping at Supreme Court

Sep 25, 2012

NYU–Stanford Report Documents U.S. Government’s False Narrative on Drone Strikes

NYU–Stanford Report Documents U.S. Government’s False Narrative on Drone Strikes