Aclu articles

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  Article

  Justice Department follows the letter of transparency law with a completely redacted 50-page document

  By Adi Robertson on May 13, 2013 07:38 pm + 20 comments

  Earlier this month, the ACLU published a cache of documents about warrantless data collection from Continue reading…

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  Feature

  They're watching: why city-wide surveillance failed to stop the Boston bombing

  By Matt Stroud on April 24, 2013 01:25 pm + 131 comments

  All day Sunday, police directed traffic around a blocked-off section of Boylston Street in downtown Continue reading…

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  Article

  House passes revamped CISPA cybersecurity bill amidst warnings of 'digital bombs'

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2013 01:01 pm + 41 comments

  The US House of Representatives has once again passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Continue reading…

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  Article

  'Could you patent the sun?' Inside the Supreme Court case on patenting DNA

  By Russell Brandom on April 17, 2013 02:30 pm + 45 comments

  This week, the Supreme Court held arguments in an unusual case: whether a company named Myriad can Continue reading…

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  Article

  Taming of the shrewd: can the ACLU free Android from carrier control?

  By T.C. Sottek on April 16, 2013 10:00 pm + 92 comments

  A statue outside the Federal Trade Commission's headquarters in Washington, DC. Have you been told Continue reading…

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  Article

  Internal Revenue Service denies searching email without a warrant

  By T.C. Sottek on April 16, 2013 02:20 pm + 16 comments

  Internal IRS employee manuals and memos released by the American Civil Liberties Union last week Continue reading…

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  Article

  ACLU appeals for greater transparency on drone killings

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 16, 2013 07:31 am

  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is appealing a January decision that allowed the CIA to Continue reading…

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  Article

  Federal agents used Stingray phone location tracker without informing judges

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 27, 2013 09:40 pm + 21 comments

  Federal agents regularly used a cellphone location tracking device known as a Stingray without Continue reading…

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  Article

  CIA must say if it has secret drone strike documents, DC court rules

  By Carl Franzen on March 15, 2013 02:18 pm + 27 comments

  The Central Intelligence Agency must publicly declare whether or not it has documents on drone Continue reading…

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  Article

  ACLU threatens to sue school district over 'discriminatory' internet filters

  By Chris Welch on February 27, 2013 02:50 pm + 66 comments

  Earlier today, the Amerian Civil Liberties Union addressed a pointed letter to Pennsylvania's Continue reading…