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Apr 23, 2015
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Drone Strikes Killing Hostages
NEW YORK – President Obama announced today that a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed two al Qaeda hostages, an American and an Italian. The White House also said it believed th...
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Apr 21, 2015
International Poll Shows Millennials Have Positive Opinion of Edward Snowden
NEW YORK – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today released the results of an international poll showing that majorities of millennials familiar with Edward Snowden around the w...
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Free Speech
Sep 13, 2013
FISA Court Orders Declassification Review of Rulings on NSA Spying in Response to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Request
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Welcomes Ruling for Transparency
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Court case: ºìÐÓÊÓƵ v. United States
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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. -
MaineApr 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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. -
Washington, D.C.Apr 2025
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center V. Noem. Explore Case.Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration on Feb. 12, 2025, for access to immigrants transferred from the United States to detention at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’s recent order. -
News & CommentaryJan 2025
National Security
Why Sanctioning The Icc Would Be Terrible For Civil Liberties. Explore News & Commentary.Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties
Sanctions would endanger the investigation of war crimes across the globe and prove a grave blow to human rights.