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ACLU Letter to Secretary-General of the International Telecommunicaiton Union (09/30/2008)
We are writing to express our concern regarding the International Telecommunication Union-Standardization’s (ITU-T) decision to draft technical standards for tracking the source of Internet communications without input from civil society organizations. According to news reports, the ITU has initiated a process “to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.”

Sign On Letter to House Homeland Security, Intelligence and Judiciary Committees Opposing Funding for Domestic Spy Satellites (06/04/2008)

ACLU Letter to House Appropriations Committee, Intelligence Committee and Leadership Urging Against Funding for Spy Satellites (05/22/2008)

ACLU Comments to the Justice Department Regarding the Collection of DNA Under the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 and Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (05/19/2008)

Testimony of Caroline Fredrickson, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia (04/29/2008)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S. 358, the “Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007” (04/23/2008)

ACLU Letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Regarding DNA Collection During Arrest (04/17/2008)

ACLU Statement for Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on Department of Homeland Security (04/02/2008)

ACLU FOIA Request regarding the NSA's Total Information Awareness program (03/12/2008)

U.S. Terror List Now Exceeds 900,000 Names (02/27/2008)
WASHINGTON – With the size of U.S. terrorist watch lists growing to absurd proportions – now in excess of 900,000 names – the American Civil Liberties Union today unveiled a new “ACLU Watch List Counter” intended to make vivid just how bloated and dysfunctional those lists have become.

ACLU Coalition Letter Urging No Funding for Real ID in Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (11/01/2007)

ACLU Letter to USAID Regarding the Proposed Partner Vetting System (08/27/2007)
As an organization committed to protecting the civil liberties guaranteed by the United States Constitution, the ACLU is submitting comments to the United States Agency for International Development concerning Notices published in the Federal Register on July 17,20 and 23 concerning the proposed Partner Vetting System (PVS).