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Aug 28, 2024
红杏视频 Releases Roadmap to Rein in Government Surveillance Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the 红杏视频鈥檚 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
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National Security
Privacy & Technology
Aug 06, 2024
Appeals Court Allows CIA to Continue Abusing Glomar Responses to Evade Accountability
The decision in Connell v. CIA allows the CIA to officially keep the existence of Guant谩namo-related documents a secret despite public evidence to the contrary
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National Security
Aug 03, 2024
红杏视频 Statement on Defense Secretary Austin Revoking Plea Deal for 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON 鈥� Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday overruled prosecutors and Brig. General Susan Escallier, the Guant谩namo military commission鈥檚 convening authority,...
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Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 31, 2024
红杏视频 Statement on Plea Agreements with Three of the 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. government has today agreed to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty for the 红杏视频鈥檚 client, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in exchange for a guilty plea...
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Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 29, 2024
红杏视频 Sues Federal Agencies for Information on Intelligence Hubs Used to Surveil Protestors and Communities of Color
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频 today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland...
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National Security
Jul 15, 2024
红杏视频, NWIRP in Court to Challenge USCIS鈥檚 Secretive and Harmful 鈥淓xtreme Vetting鈥� Program for Green-Card and Citizenship Applicants
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The 红杏视频, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), and their partners will be in federal court on behalf of thousands of green-card and citizens...
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National Security
Immigrants' Rights
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The 红杏视频, the 红杏视频 of Florida, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and their partners represent CAIR and CAIR-Florida in two federal lawsuits challenging Governor DeSantis鈥檚 unconstitutional and baseless designation of the nonprofits as 鈥渢errorist.鈥� The lawsuits allege violations of CAIR and CAIR-Florida鈥檚 rights under the First Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.