Press Releases
Sep 14, 2016
High-Profile Campaign Calls on Obama to Pardon Edward Snowden
ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch announce campaign supported by George Soros, Steve Wozniak, Bruce Ackerman, Timothy Edgar, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daniel Radcliffe, Joyce Carol Oates, Danny Glover, Jimmy Wales, Eve Ensler, others
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 30, 2016
First Appeals Court Hearing to Address Merits of NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance July 6
Video of Hearing Will Be Livestreamed
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jul 28, 2015
ACLU Comment on NSA Request to Keep Phone-Records Program Alive
The government yesterday evening filed its response to the ACLU's request for a halt of the NSA's phone-records program, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has alr...
Issue Areas:
National Security
May 29, 2015
ACLU To Deliver 60,000 Signatures to Sen. Tillis Today Calling for End to Section 215 the Patriot Act
RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina will deliver tens of thousands of signatures today to the Raleigh office of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis calling...
Issue Areas:
National Security
May 19, 2015
ACLU & Tea Party Patriots Co-Sponsor TV Ads Calling for Washington to Rein In Government Surveillance
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Tea Party Patriots are jointly sponsoring a week-long ad buy beginning today in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Washington, D.C. Th...
Issue Areas:
National Security
May 12, 2015
ACLU Comment Ahead of USA Freedom Act House Vote
House Rules Committee Bars Consideration of Amendments to Bill on NSA Spying
Issue Areas:
National Security
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