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Government Is Suppressing Information
About Patriot Act Powers
The government is using gag orders and secret evidence
to keep the public in the dark about its use of the Patriot Act to investigate Americans, the ACLU said today, and filed a motion to exclude classified portions of a government affidavit that were provided only to the court in a filing a motion to exclude secret evidence. Read more | Government Gag Exposed Web Chat: Listen to ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero
Log onto the Washington Post's web site at 2 p.m. where Anthony Romero will discuss the Combined Federal Campaign watch list policy, along with CFC coalition member Barbara Brenner of Breast Cancer Action. Go to Washington Post Chat Diverse Coalition Opposes Restrictions on Recipients of the Combined Federal Campaign
Along with 15 organizations, the ACLU will counter the policies of the CFC that require charities to check employees against a “watch list” in order to receive donations. Read more | Coalition Members | Join the Coalition Court Orders Feds to End Stonewalling and Process ACLU Request for Torture Records
The ACLU and NYCLU won a victory in a 10-month struggle to obtain records on the abuse of prisoners held by the U.S. at detention facilities. Read more | ACLU's Freedom of Information Act filing NYCLU and CCR Sue City of New York to Secure Protest Permit
The NYCLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit to secure a permit for a protest rally in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Read more | Forums ACLU Denounces FBI Tactics Targeting Protesters
The ACLU denounced the FBI’s use of the Joint Terrorism Task Force to monitor, interrogate and suppress anti-war and other political protesters and called on individuals who have been targeted for investigation to come forward. Read more | Department of Justice's memo supporting surveillance of protesters | Protecting Protest | Forums
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