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AAR v. Chertoff - Declaration of Christopher Dilworth (State Department)

AAR v. Chertoff - Government's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Letter to Chairman of UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Letter to Chairman of UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

AAR v. Chertoff - Declaration of Barbara DeConcini

AAR v. Chertoff - Declaration of Jane Buck

AAR v. Chertoff Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
AAR v. Chertoff Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

AAR v. Chertoff - Declaration of Tariq Ramadan

AAR v. Chertoff - Declaration of Michael Roberts

AAR v. Chertoff - Plaintiffs' Motion for Certification of Need to Secretary of State to Release Visa Records

Brief of Amicus Curiae in Qassim et al v. Bush

Complaint - AAR v. Chertoff

ACLU Letter to DOJ and US Attorney Calling for the Dismissal of Remaining Charges Against Dr. Sami Al-Arian
MIAMI -- Saying that a decision to re-try Dr. Sami Al-Arian following the recent acquittal of all serious charges lodged against him “would appear to be pointless and vindictive,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida today called on the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida to dismiss the remaining charges against Dr. Al-Arian and bring the case to a close.

Order to Produce Documents

Ali et al. v Rumsfeld Consolidated Amended Complaint For Declaratory Relief and Damages
ARKAN MOHAMMED ALI, THAHE MOHAMMED SABAR, SHERZAD KAMAL KHALID, ALI H., NAJEEB ABBAS AHMED,MEHBOOB AHMAD, SAID NABI SIDDIQI, MOHAMMED KARIM SHIRULLAH, and HAJI ABDUL RAHMAN,Plaintiffs,v.DONALD H. RUMSFELD,Defendant. CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AND DAMAGES

ACLU Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Regarding Khaled El-Masri
ACLU Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding Khaled El-Masri.

ACLU Letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State regarding Khaled El-Masri
ACLU Letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State regarding Khalid El-Masri.

November 10th FOIA Complaint

March 16, 2005 FOIA Request

ACLU Complaint in Childs v. DeKalb County

ACLU v. DoD motion to vacate protective order and for access to papers filed by the government.pdf

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