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The American Civil Liberties Union

Senator Proposes Use Of Error-Prone Watchlists To Regulate Guns In America

Our nation’s watchlisting system is error-prone and unreliable because it uses vague and overbroad criteria and secret evidence to place individuals on blacklists without a meaningful process to correct government error and clear their names.

June 22nd, 2016

By The American Civil Liberties Union

Senator Proposes Use Of Error-Prone Watchlists To Regulate Guns In America

In the wake of the attack on LGBTQ Americans in Orlando, gun control is again at the forefront of the national conversation.  It is also the subject of proposed legislation in Congress.  We at the ACLU, like many other Americans, are appalled by the Orlando tragedy.  We have deep concerns, however, about legislative efforts to regulate the use of

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Border Patrol Union Scorns Award For Agents Who Follow Policy To Avoid Deadly Force

Union leaders argued it reflects a “type of thinking [that] will get Border Patrol agents killed.

June 14th, 2016

By The American Civil Liberties Union

Border Patrol Union Scorns Award For Agents Who Follow Policy To Avoid Deadly Force

Over the past decade, Customs and Border Protection has had an acute excessive use of force problem, without

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Texas Border Patrol Agent Accused of “Serial Killing Spree” in Laredo

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Community Activists Sued For $30 Million For Calling Out Local Polluters

We all should have the right to clean air and clean water. Would you say it if you knew a powerful corporation would sue you for (more than) everything you’ve got?

June 13th, 2016

By The American Civil Liberties Union

Community Activists Sued For $30 Million For Calling Out Local Polluters

“We all should have the right to clean air and clean water.” Would you agree with that sentence? Would you say it yourself? It seems uncontroversial — something kids might be taught in school. Something any of us might say without blinking an eye. Unless, that is, you happened to say it in Uniontown, Alabama — an overwhelmingly Black and poor

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Four Pro-Democratic Disinformation Campaigns Uncovered in 2017 Alabama Senate Election

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Alabama Bill Would Grant Mega-Church Right To Create It’s Own Police Force

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One Year Later: We Still Don’t Know How Many Shot By Police

Our government still can’t even come up with the number of people who have been killed by U.S. police.

May 18th, 2016

By The American Civil Liberties Union

One Year Later: We Still Don’t Know How Many Shot By Police

One year ago today, the White House released The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing — 116 pages of recommendations meant to address the epidemic of killings of unarmed Black and brown people by the police officers sworn

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Twitter Is Selling Your Tweets To Local Law Enforcement

Twitter should make it clear that this policy applies across its business data products and take additional steps to prevent governments from using those products for surveillance proposes.

May 16th, 2016

By The American Civil Liberties Union

Twitter Is Selling Your Tweets To Local Law Enforcement

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Twitter is no longer going to allow US intelligence agencies to access a Twitter-affiliated business service that compiles and analyzes the hundreds of millions of

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What’s Next For Surveillance Reform After The USA Freedom Act

The bill marks the first time since passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 1978 that Congress has taken steps to restrict — rather than expand — the government’s surveillance authority.

June 06th, 2015

By The American Civil Liberties Union

By a 67-32 margin Tuesday, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act — a significant milestone in our efforts to rein in NSA surveillance. The bill marks the first time since passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 1978 that Congress has taken steps to restrict — rather than expand — the government’s surveillance authority. To be

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FBI Ordered To Disclose Surveillance Tactics On Muslim Communities

As the FBI has expanded its activities to include generalized monitoring and surveillance, unconnected to any suspected criminal activity, it is critical that records related to those broad surveillance programs be available for public scrutiny.

March 26th, 2015

By The American Civil Liberties Union

Craig Monteilh, who says he infiltrated Southern California mosques as an FBI informant and wants to clear his name of suspicions he might have promoted terrorist activities, is reflected in a computer-screen image of an e-mail from Ahmadullah Sais Niazi titled "Jihad Taboo and Muslim Pussycat Peaceniks," in Irvine, Calif., Tursday, Feb. 26,

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