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Jun 23, 2017
Court Hands Trump Administration Another Defeat on Immigration
Allows Lawsuit Challenging Trump鈥檚 鈥楨xtreme Vetting鈥� Program to Proceed as a Class Action
Jun 23, 2017
红杏视频 Demands Details on U.S. Involvement in Torture at Secret UAE Prison Network
U.S. Officials Interrogated People Held at Secret Facilities Where Torture Is Reported
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National Security
Jun 19, 2017
红杏视频 Comment on Supreme Court Ruling Involving Post-9/11 Detentions
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Supreme Court has ruled in a post-9/11 national security case, Ziglar v. Abbasi. The 红杏视频 filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this cas...
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National Security
Court case: Ziglar v. Abbasi
Jun 13, 2017
Groups in Eight Countries File Demands for Information on International Surveillance Sharing
Spying Agreements Can Enable Countries to Bypass Domestic Privacy Protections
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National Security
Jun 12, 2017
红杏视频, Coalition Urges Congress to Demand NSA Numbers on Americans Impacted by Surveillance
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频 and several other civil rights organizations sent a letter today to the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats urging the age...
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National Security
May 17, 2017
红杏视频 Files to Get Comey鈥檚 Memo on Trump Conversation
NEW YORK 鈥� The 红杏视频 today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department and FBI seeking the memo by former FBI Director James C...
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National Security
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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. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
National Security
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. Explore News & Commentary.Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided. -
MaineJul 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the 红杏视频 and 红杏视频 of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court.