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Secret Bush Administration Torture Memo Released
A secret memo authored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) asserting that President Bush has unlimited power to order brutal interrogations to extract information from detainees has been declassified as a result of an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
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Military Commissions
ACLU's John Adams Project
The ACLU, together with National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), has announced that it is assembling defense teams to be available to assist in the representation of detainees facing prosecution in the military commissions at Guantánamo Bay.
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Surveillance
ACLU Sues Over Dragnet Wiretapping Law
The unconstitutional law allows spying on Americans without warrants or oversight, threatening privacy and free speech rights.
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Ideological Exclusion
Federal Judge Wrongly Allows Exclusion of Renowned Muslim Scholar
A federal judge has ruled to allow the government's exclusion of renowned Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan from the U.S. Ramadan, a leading European academic whose work addresses Muslim identity and the role of Islam in democratic societies, banned due to his political viewpoints.
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Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit)
Unabridged Spoken Word Series
A new collection of poetry written especially for the ACLU celebrates the power of words and captures the passion behind several of our current battles in the courtrooms and in Congress. Listen in and stay tuned for more...
ACLU Sues Rendition Flight Planners
Mohamed et al. v. Jeppesen
Private entities should never profit from torture. Steven Watt ACLU staff attorney, along with plaintiffs' family members and others, explain how Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan profited from the CIA's illegal rendition program.
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