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Mar 04, 2022
Supreme Court Allows Suit Against F.B.I. for Spying on Muslims to Move Forward
Narrow Decision Allows Government to Assert State Secrets Privilege Despite Safeguards Established by Congress in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: FBI v. Fazaga
Mar 03, 2022
Supreme Court Allows U.S. Government to Hide Details of U.S. Torture of Guantánamo Detainee
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government can assert the state secrets privilege over a Guantánamo Bay detainee’s efforts to subpoena informa...
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National Security
Feb 28, 2022
ACLU Petitions Supreme Court on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Jamaican Fishermen
Weir v. United States Will Ask the Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Has the Power to Criminalize Conduct by Foreign Nationals, Aboard Foreign-Flagged Vessels on the High Seas
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
National Security
Court case: Weir v. U.S.
Feb 23, 2022
ACLU Commends Biden Administration for Ending Discriminatory “China Initiative,” But Fundamental Reforms Are Still Needed
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced changes to its “China Initiative,” a wide-ranging government effort to scrutinize, investigate, prosecute, and take oth...
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National Security
Feb 07, 2022
Chinese American Professor, Falsely Painted As A Spy For China, Moves Forward With Appeal Against FBI
Professor Xiaoxing Xi’s Appeal Comes After a Federal Court Wrongly Dismissed His Claims Challenging the FBI’s Baseless Arrest and Searches
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National Security
Jan 27, 2022
ACLU Statement on Pentagon's New Civilian Harm Directive
Today, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new directive aimed at preventing civilian harm. This comes after months of investigations into U.S.-caused civilian casualties, i...
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National Security
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MassachusettsJan 2026
National Security
Human Rights
Burnley V. U.s.: Demanding Accountability On Caribbean Boat Strikes. Explore Case.Burnley v. U.S.: Demanding Accountability on Caribbean Boat Strikes
On October 14, 2025, the United States military carried out an illegal missile strike that killed Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, two Trinidadian men who were traveling by boat from Venezuela to their homes in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago. The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School filed suit on behalf of Lenore Burnley, Mr. Joseph’s mother, and Sallycar Korasingh, Mr. Samaroo’s sister, seeking redress and accountability for these extrajudicial killings pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Government-mandated Software A Looming Threat To Freedom. Explore News & Commentary.Government-Mandated Software a Looming Threat to Freedom
Trend seen around the world — and potentially in the US — opens the door to inescapable censorship and surveillance -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Flock Ceo Goes Ballistic On Critics As More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance
CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to “normalize lawlessness” and “let murderers go free” -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Secure Messaging And Ai Don’t Mix. Explore News & Commentary.Secure Messaging and AI Don’t Mix
A Privacy Failure Waiting to Happen