American Civil Liberties Union

There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.


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The Road Not Taken

Ideological Exclusion - Timeline
A timeline of incidents of exclusions of prominent thinkers from the U.S. based on political or academic positions.

Ideological Exclusion - Legal Background

Patriot Act Posters
Two posters illustrating the need to reform the Patriot Act.

An Evening Without...
Writers who are currently or have been banned from the U.S. will have their work read by Martin Amis, Russell Banks, Gioconda Belli, Barbara Goldsmith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Liev Schreiber, Todd Solondz, Eloy Urroz, Debra Winger and others.

Statement - Nazih Hassan, Target of Illegal Spying

Statement - John Doe #2, Target of Illegal Spying

Legal Update: ACLU and Human Rights First Respond to Secretary Rumsfeld's Claims of Immunity from Prosecution Over Torture and Abuse of Detainees

Statement - John Doe #1, Target of Illegal Spying

Faces of Surveillance - Targets of Illegal Spying
A collection of statements from Americans targeted and illegally spied on by government agencies.

Statement - George Main, Target of Illegal Spying

Presidential Powers, NSA Spying, and the War on Terrorism: Americans’ Attitudes on Recent Events
This poll was conducted by the Washington-based firm Belden, Russonello & Stewart, and measures voters’ attitudes toward the warrantless surveillance of Americans by the National Security Agency.

Statement - Peter Ackerman, Target of Illegal Spying

Statement - Kirsten Atkins, Target of Illegal Spying

Transcript of the ACLU's Town Hall Meeting, Freedom at Risk: Spying, Secrecy, and Presidential Power
The American Civil Liberties Union hosted a National Town Hall meeting on President’s Day, Monday, February 20, 2006, to discuss the recent controversy surrounding the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance by the National Security Agency.

Statement - Betty Ball, Target of Illegal Spying

Statement - John Amidon, Target of Illegal Spying

Statement - Caitlin Childs, Target of Illegal Spying

Statement of American Association of University Professors

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