ACLU Legal Director: No Appeal For Obamacare A Political Move

Steven Shapiro, the ACLU’s legal director, at a preview Wednesday of the Supreme Court’s next term said it’s possible that the Department of Justice’s decision to forgo appealing a lower court’s ruling deeming the health care reform law’s individual mandate unconstitutional may have to do with the 2012 election. (0:33)

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ACLU Attorney: Arizona's Immigration Law 'Reminiscent Of Jim Crow'

Omar Jadwat, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants Rights project, argues during a preview of the Supreme Court’s next term that Arizona’s immigration law has major civil rights implications. (0:45)

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U.S. Creating Worldwide Battlefield, Says Constitutional Expert

Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses a lawsuit his group and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are filing against the U.S. Government. The lawsuit challenges a Treasury Department provision that requires attorneys to obtain a license from the government in order to provide legal counsel to an individual that has been designated by the U.S. as a specially designated terrorist.

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U.S. Must Not Authorize Targeted Killings, Says Constitutional Expert

Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses a lawsuit his group and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are filing against the U.S. Government. The lawsuit challenges a Treasury Department provision that requires attorneys to obtain a license from the government in order to provide legal counsel to an individual that has been designated by the U.S. as a specially designated terrorist.

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Government May Not Impose License Requirement On Attorneys, Says Constitutional Lawyer

Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses a lawsuit his group and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are filing against the U.S. Government. The lawsuit challenges a Treasury Department provision that requires attorneys to obtain a license from the government in order to provide legal counsel to an individual that has been designated by the U.S. as a specially designated terrorist.

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Targeted Killings Are Unlawful, Says ACLU Director

ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero discusses a lawsuit his group and the Center for Constitutional Rights are filing against the U.S. Government. The lawsuit challenges a Treasury Department provision that requires attorneys to obtain a license from the government in order to provide legal counsel to an individual that has been designated by the U.S. as a specially designated terrorist.

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U.S. Owes al-Awlaki Due Process, Says ACLU Director

ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero discusses a lawsuit his group and the Center for Constitutional Rights are filing against the U.S. Government. The lawsuit challenges a Treasury Department provision that requires attorneys to obtain a license from the government in order to provide legal counsel to an individual that has been designated by the U.S. as a specially designated terrorist.

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ACLU Official Argues Need For Congressional Probe Into National Security Act Violations

Mike German, Policy Council to the American Civil Liberties Union, says that Congress should create a subcommittee to examine all the violations of the National Security Act. (0:15)
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ACLU Pushing For Investigation Into U.S. Intelligence Agencies

Mike German, Policy Council to the American Civil Liberties Union, says that Rep. Barbara Lee's (D-Calif.) proposed subcommittee on National Security Act Violations would not only examine the Central Intelligence Agency, but also look at the other agencies in the U.S Government that work "hand in glove." (0:15)
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ACLU Supports Congressional Efforts To Investigate Potential CIA Violations

Mike German, Policy Council to the American Civil Liberties Union, says that the ACLU fully supports the investigation of the CIA's potential violations of the National Security Act. He also says that the ACLU supports the formation of a congressional subcommittee that would investigate all potential National Security Act violations. (0:16)
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ACLU Official Says Congress Has Right To Truthful CIA Briefings

When asked by Talk Radio News Service about the Central Intelligence Agency's potential violations of the National Security Act, American Civil Liberties Union Policy Counselor Mike German says that Congress has the right to "thorough and truthful briefings." (0:11)
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ACLU Official Says CIA Was Dishonest With Congress

When asked by Talk Radio News Service about the ACLU's support of Congress' decision to investigate the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) potential violations of the National Security Act, Mike German, Policy Council to the American Civil Liberties Union, says that the CIA was "less than truthful" with Congres on at least five separate occasions. (:09)
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Lawyer Reads Client's Torture Account

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Reem Salahi from The American Civil Liberties Union read an account from her client Naji Handam, a U.S. citizen, who was detained and tortured in the United Arab Emirates, at what he claims was at the request of the American government.
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Detained By Your Own Government

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Reem Salahi from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) talks about the experience of her client Naji Hamdan, an American citizen, who will be tried in the United Arab Emirates for terror related crimes. Salahi said that Hamdan only admitted to crimes under torture. She is calling on the U.S. government to intervene and free Hamdan.
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2/3 of Americans live within "Constiution free zones"

ACLU Washington Legislative Office Director Caroline Fredricksen said that the ACLU was able to use data from the U.S. Census Bureau to estimate that there are 197.4 million people who live within a hundred miles of maritime or coastal borders, which would mean that two-thirds of the U.S. population are exposed to the possibility of being searched without probable cause according to the ACLU (0:30)

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ACLU: Executive privilege "mutated"

Steven Shapiro of the American Civil Liberties Union says the state secrets privilege has mutated from a rule protecting genuine security interests to an alternative form of immunity in which violators of the Constitution receive dismissed cases, preventing prosecution against acts of torture and unlawful surveillance. (0:58)
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Fusion centers offer ambiguous lines of authority

Mike German, former FBI agent and ACLU national security policy counsel, says that “fusion centers” use excessive secrecy, have a troubling private and military participation in gathering information, and have an apparent bent towards suspicious information collection. (1:16)
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Citizen distrust and wasted tax dollars

Caroline Fredrickson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office, says that the inherent dangers of “fusion centers” is the sharing of information with no controls, no oversight and no structure to protect people’s first amendment rights. (0:49)


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Terrorist watch list is harmful to national security

Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, says that the terrorist watch list is ineffective at best, likely useless and perhaps even harmful by creating it’s own security weaknesses and needs to be changed immediately. (1:00)
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Terrorist watch list is an impediment in the war on terror

Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU Technology and Liberty Program, says that the terrorist watch list is unfair, out of control, incompetently administered, and treats the rights of innocents as an afterthought, and is a very real impediment in the war on terror. (0:29)


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