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Safe and Free : USA PATRIOT Act : Legislative Documents

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)

Letter sent to Representatives Berman and Delahunt upon introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004 (06/16/2004)

Coalition Sign On Letter Sent to SEnators Leahy, Kennedy, Corzine, Feingold and Durbin Upon Introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004 (06/16/2004)

Coalition Sign On Letter Sent to SEnators Leahy, Kennedy, Corzine, Feingold and Durbin Upon Introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004 (06/16/2004)

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)

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 Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Expressing Opposition to H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" (05/14/2004)

ACLU Letter to House Judiciary Committee and House Permanent Select Committee Members Urging Opposition to H.R. 3179, the "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003" (04/30/2004)

ACLU Written Statement of Nadine Strossen, President, and Timothy Edgar, Legislative Counsel, before the United States Commission on Civil Rights at a Hearing on "Security and Liberty" (03/19/2004)

Answers to Written Questions Posed to Professor Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU, Following Her Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 18, 2003: "America After 9/11: Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?" (12/19/2003)

Answers to Written Questions Posed to Professor Nadine Strossen, ACLU President, Following Her Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on November 18, 2003: "America After 9/11: Freedom Preserved Or Freedom Lost?" (12/19/2003)

ACLU Letter to the House and Senate Committees on Intelligence Urging Opposition to Expanded Authority of "National Security Letters" in H.R. 2417 and S. 1025, the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2004 (11/17/2003)

Sign-On Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S.1709, the Security and Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2003 (10/21/2003)

Letter to the Senate Urging Co-Sponsorship of the Craig-Durbin Security and Freedom Enhanced (SAFE) Act of 2003 (10/08/2003)

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