Tag: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts

Jacob Hornberger on Security and the Right to Liberty: As everyone knows, the federal government has seized upon the September 11 terrorist attacks to expand its power to harass and […]

A joint letter on secret detentions of immigration violators by the Department of Justice was sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary today. Tomorrow, the Committee will be grilling […]

Reuters on Philadelphia council condemns Patriot Act: Philadelphia on Thursday became the largest U.S. city to date to condemn the USA Patriot Act as a threat to the constitutional rights […]

NCPA on Biometrics May be Impractical: Biometrics — the statistical study of biological phenomenon such as the shape of your face, the minutiae of your fingertips, the bone structure of […]

Paul Rosenzweig of The Heritage Foundation on Balancing liberty and security: …fears of a police state are overblown. We're merely witnessing a recurring pattern in American history. Professor Geoffrey Stone […]

Lee Tien, Senior Staff Attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation has written a review of the DARPA report to Congress on TIA. Click here to read the review. Link courtesy […]

Lisa Dean of the Free Congress Foundation (FCF) is moving on to work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Through her work at FCF and with the Coalition for Constitutional Liberties, […]

Ariana Eunjung Cha of The Washington Post on Pentagon Details New Surveillance System: Critics Fear Proposed Extensive Use of Computer Database Raises Privacy Issues The Pentagon yesterday detailed the development […]