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The Realities of DNI McConnell's Falsities (08/29/2007)
On Wednesday, August 22nd, Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, gave an interview to the El Paso Times in which he made several misleading claims about the recent alterations made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The “Protect America Act” (or, more aptly, the “Police America Act”) put sweeping new changes to FISA in place that essentially gutted the law. Below, the ACLU sets the record straight.

Talking Points on Telecom Immunity (08/29/2007)
The Telecommunications industry is lobbying for legislation that would give companies that illegally provided confidential consumer telephone content and call information to the National Security Agency complete amnesty for all their illegal behavior over the last five years. They seek immunity for their conduct even before it is fully disclosed to the public, and before their customers learn what was done with their personal information.

ACLU Analysis of the Protect America Act (08/29/2007)

How The Protect America Act Will Affect Business (08/29/2007)
On August 4, 2007 Congress changed the nature of the relationship American citizens have with their government. The Fourth Amendment was written to guarantee the right of the people “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures,” or put more simply, the right to be left alone absent probable cause and a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate. But now our government can seize the private international communications of all Americans and search them for “foreign intelligence information” without any suspicion that anyone has done anything wrong.

ACLU Letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Requesting A Meeting on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (08/13/2007)

Letter Urging Congressional Leadership Not To Gut Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (07/31/2007)

ACLU Letter to Congressional Leadership Strongly Urging Its Resistance to FISA Changes (07/31/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging Opposition of the Nomination of John A. Rizzo to General Counsel of the CIA (06/19/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging Senate to Support Equal Immigration Protections for Same Sex Couples (06/13/2007)

ACLU Letter to House of Representatives Urging Members to Support Equal Immigration Protections for Same-Sex Couples (06/11/2007)