Surveillance in Post-9/11 America
Passed amid the climate of fear and uncertainty that followed the 9/11 attacks, the Patriot Act fundamentally altered the relationship Americans have with the government. The bill’s passage opened the door to continued efforts to broaden suspi...
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ACLU Studio: Former FBI Special Agent Disagrees with Cheney’s Tortured Logic
For nearly 10 years, Ali Soufan helped fight the United States’ secret war on terror, gathering intelligence and interrogating prisoners as an FBI Special Agent. Soufan claims that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s insistence that waterboarding was effective is flat-out wrong.
For nearly 10 years, Ali Soufan helped fight the United States’ secret war on terror, gathering intelligence and interrogating prisoners as an FBI Special Agent. Soufan claims that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s insistence that waterboarding was effective is flat-out wrong.
Soufan’s new book, The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda reveals the faulty logic of Cheney and members of the Bush administration who still feel that it was justifiable for the United States to torture.
Ali Soufan talks with ACLU Deputy Legal Director, Jameel Jaffer in our latest episode of ACLU Studio.
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9/11′s Legacy of Religious Discrimination
It's no secret that, after 9/11, a wave of anti-Muslim bigotry washed over the country. The intensity of that prejudice has sustained it for a decade, and, in many ways, anti-Muslim sentiment and fear of Islam seem even stronger and more deeply roo...
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ACLU Lens: FBI Using Biased Counterterrorism Training Materials
Innocent, peaceful American Muslims are being targeted by the FBI, with the bureau engaging in racial-mapping programs and informants infiltrating and spying on neighborhood mosques. Now we know that at least some of these activities might be the re...
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Secrecy About Secrecy: Making Sure the FBI Is Following the Rules on Surveillance Gag Orders
Every year, the FBI sends about 50,000 "national security letters" (NSLs) to Internet service providers and others requesting information about their customers. Today we filed a lawsuit aiming to make sure that the government is followin...
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Everyday Shoppers Reported as "Suspicious" in Counterterrorism Databases
Yesterday NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting released the results of an investigation into "suspicious activity" reports (SAR) at the Mall of America in Minnesota. What they found was that the private "counterterrorism&quo...
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Who’s Spying on You? Might Depend on Your Race.
Yesterday, two important news stories demonstrated how new unchecked surveillance programs we've highlighted in our Spyfiles campaign are violating the constitutional rights of innocent Americans. The first, a New York Times article revealed that from ...
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