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National Security:
Throughout U.S. history "national security" has often been used as a pretext for massive violations of individual rights. The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 mobilized our country in the fight against terrorism. However, this also launched a serious civil liberties crises. The ACLU continues to challenge policies like the USA Patriot Act, and creates campaigns like Safe and Free.


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National Security : Legislative Documents

ACLU Analysis of the 9-11 Commission's Recommendations for Intelligence Reform (07/30/2004)

Summary of ACLU Analysis of 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Intelligence Reform (07/30/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to Clark Kent Ervin at the Department of Homeland Security Expressing Concerns About the Case of Maher Arar (07/16/2004)

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo Urging Congress to Reject Power to Detain Suspected Terrorists Indefinitely Without Charge, Trial or a Right to Counsel (06/23/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on "Tools to Fight Terrorism: Subpoena Authority and Pretrial Detention of Terrorists before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security (06/22/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to the Senate Urging Them to Reject Any Legislative Proposal Authorizing Detention Without Charge or Trial of Individuals Found in the United States (06/22/2004)

Testimony By Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Office, Before the Democratic Party Platform Committee (06/19/2004)

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo on the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2003 (S. 1709/H.R. 3352) Which Provides Safeguards to Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act (06/16/2004)

Revised ACLU Interested Person's Memo on the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act of 2003 (S. 1709/H.R. 3352) Which Provides Safeguards to Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act (06/16/2004)

ACLU Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft Urging Him to Recuse Himself from the Investigation of Detainee Abuses (06/15/2004)

Coalition Sign-On Letter to House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees Opposing H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" (06/15/2004)

ACLU Letter to President George W. Bush Urging the Establishment of an Independent, Bipartisan Commission to Investigate the Mistreatment of Detainees (06/15/2004)

Testimony Submitted by Bob Barr of the American Conservative Union before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security at a Hearing on H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" (05/18/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Timothy H. Edgar, Legislative Counsel, on H.R. 2934, the "Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003" before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Committee on the Judiciary (04/21/2004)

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Support of H.R. 3266 and S. 1691, the "Wartime Treatment Study Act" (03/03/2004)

Coalition Letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Requesting a Hearing on the Threat to Privacy and Civil Liberties Posed by Government Collection of Passenger Name Records (PNRs) (02/24/2004)

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