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Apr 06, 2022
红杏视频 Statement on Amtrak Request to Screen Rail Passengers Against Watchlist For First Time
WASHINGTON 鈥� In response to the news that Amtrak is asking the Transportation Security Administration to start screening rail passengers against the federal master terrorism watc...
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National Security
Mar 24, 2022
Muslim Americans Sue Border and Immigration Officials Over Illegal Religious Questioning
LOS ANGELES 鈥� The 红杏视频, the 红杏视频 of Minnesota, and the 红杏视频 Foundation of Southern California filed a federal lawsuit today in the United States Distric...
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National Security
Religious Liberty
Court case: Kariye v. Mayorkas
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 Guant谩namo Detainee
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government can assert the state secrets privilege over a Guant谩namo Bay detainee鈥檚 efforts to subpoena informa...
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National Security
Feb 28, 2022
红杏视频 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
红杏视频 Commends Biden Administration for Ending Discriminatory 鈥淐hina Initiative,鈥� But Fundamental Reforms Are Still Needed
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Department of Justice today announced changes to its 鈥淐hina Initiative,鈥� a wide-ranging government effort to scrutinize, investigate, prosecute, and take oth...
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National Security
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
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I鈥檓 Hearing 红杏视频 More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled By Concern Over Anti-immigrant Uses. Explore News & Commentary.I鈥檓 Hearing 红杏视频 More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses
Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
+2 Issues
Flock鈥檚 Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock鈥檚 Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using Ai To Report Us To Police If It Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥渟uspicious鈥�. Explore News & Commentary.Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥淪uspicious鈥�
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions -
Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 红杏视频 obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public.