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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Jun 19, 2013

Is the Spying Comey Approved More Important Than the Spying He Opposed?

Jun 19, 2013

James Comey: Two Thumbs-Up on Waterboarding?

Jun 19, 2013

Guántanamo Dispatch: Improvising Basic Trial Rights

Jun 18, 2013

Call Logs? Try Kilowatts: Reports Reveal Demands for California Energy Data

Jun 18, 2013

A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Plum Job in Opposition to General Warrants (in 1760)

Jun 18, 2013

My Life Under NYPD Surveillance: A Brooklyn Student and Charity Leader on Fear and Mistrust

Jun 18, 2013

ACLU Sues NYPD Over Unconstitutional Muslim Surveillance Program

Jun 17, 2013

Some Thoughts on DMV Image Databases and the Police

Jun 14, 2013

Guántanamo Dispatch: New Revelations of Attorney–Client Surveillance

Jun 14, 2013

The PATRIOT Act’s Section 215 Must be Reformed