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NRA and ACLU Join Forces to Fight NSA Spying Program

From Reuters:

In a brief backing the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit against senior U.S. government officials, the NRA said the collection of vast communications threatens privacy and could allow the government to create a registry of gun owners.

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Obama Administration Sued By ACLU Over NSA Spying

From New York Times:

The lawsuit could set up an eventual Supreme Court test. It could also focus attention on this disclosure amid the larger heap of top secret surveillance matters revealed by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor who came forward Sunday to say he was their source.

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Tell Congress: It’s Time for Some Sanity when it comes to Security

It’s not often that the ACLU and I are on the same side of an issue.

From: ACLU

A 6-year old getting patted down at the airport — leaving her confused and in tears because she thought she did something wrong — is an example of the out-of-control searches and security measures in our airports.

Aviation security requires striking a delicate balance between the personal safety of passengers and their right to privacy. Unfortunately, TSA has developed increasingly invasive methods of searching passengers that are encroaching upon their rights. The TSA has subjected passengers to “enhanced” pat-downs, which have resulted in reports of people feeling humiliated and traumatized, and, in some cases, reports comparing their psychological impact to sexual assaults.

Tell Congress to support the bipartisan Aircraft Passenger Whole-Body Imaging Limitations Act of 2011. Read more.

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ACLU files a lawsuit on behalf of Anwar al-Awlaki, to prevent the US from assasinating him

American-born Anwar al-Awlaki’s treasonous speech protected by the Constitution?

American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit on behalf of Anwar al-Awlaki to stop Obama administration from targeting Yemeni-based cleric.

Video here:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/21779455

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