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Feb 23, 2022
ACLU Commends Biden Administration for Ending Discriminatory “China Initiative,” But Fundamental Reforms Are Still Needed
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced changes to its “China Initiative,” a wide-ranging government effort to scrutinize, investigate, prosecute, and take oth...
Issue Areas: National Security
Feb 07, 2022
Chinese American Professor, Falsely Painted As A Spy For China, Moves Forward With Appeal Against FBI
Professor Xiaoxing Xi’s Appeal Comes After a Federal Court Wrongly Dismissed His Claims Challenging the FBI’s Baseless Arrest and Searches
Issue Areas: National Security
Court case: Xi v. United States – Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance
Jan 27, 2022
ACLU Statement on Pentagon's New Civilian Harm Directive
Today, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new directive aimed at preventing civilian harm. This comes after months of investigations into U.S.-caused civilian casualties, i...
Issue Areas: National Security
Jan 19, 2022
NEI/ACLU Statement on Newly Released Video of Deadly U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul
NEW YORK — In response to a New York Times Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the Department of Defense today released video footage of the Aug. 29, 2021 drone strike in Kabul t...
Issue Areas: National Security
Jan 10, 2022
ACLU Statement on the 20th Anniversary of Guantánamo
Group Runs Full Page Ad Calling on President Biden to Close Guantánamo
Issue Areas: National Security
Dec 08, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Decision Endangers Americans’ Protections Against NSA and FBI Spying
DENVER — In a sharply divided ruling, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today wrongly held that the warrantless surveillance of Jamshid Muhtorov — a legal permanent resident wh...
Issue Areas: National Security
Court case: U.S. v. Muhtorov
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