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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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Safe and Free : Legal Documents

USA v. Holy Land Foundation - Motion For Equitable Relief (06/18/2008)

ACLU v DoD - Complaint for Injunctive Relief (06/12/2008)

Justice Department Office of the Inspector General Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq (05/20/2008)

ACLU v. Department of Defense - Order Granting ACLU's Motion for Reconsideration (05/08/2008)

Federal Judge Orders CIA To Turn Over Torture Memo For Court Review (05/08/2008)
NEW YORK – A federal judge today ordered the CIA to produce, for the court's review, a memo specifying brutal interrogation methods for use on prisoners held in U.S. custody overseas. The judge demanded the government make the memo available to him so that he can determine whether it should be made public pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations. The memo, which is one of the most important torture documents still being withheld by the Bush administration, was written by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and sent to the CIA in August 2002.

Government Brief in the Second Circuit, Doe v. Mukasey (05/05/2008)
Government Brief in the Second Circuit, Doe v. Mukasey

AAR v. Chertoff - 2nd Circuit Appeal Brief (04/28/2008)

American Academy of Religion v. Chertoff - Brief (04/28/2008)

Appellants' Petition for Initial Hearing (04/25/2008)

FOIA Request To DOJ and DoD For Report Of FBI's Role In Interrogations (04/22/2008)

ACLU v. Department of Defense - Complaint (04/17/2008)
A lawsuit to enforce a Freedom of Information Act request filed in 2006 requesting the release of all records relating to deaths, suicide attempts and homicide attempts at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay since 2002. This lawsuit follows a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents that include records relating to four specific detainee deaths from 2006 and 2007, which the government categorized as suicides.

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