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House drone hearing set for Friday

| Josh Peterson
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Privacy issues at stake as civil liberties groups protest cameras, weaponization

Holder needs to explain DOJ's spying on journalists, says civil liberties groups

| Josh Peterson
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Obama’s domestic electronic surveillance track record unmatched in US history

Senate's email surveillance legislation would make Big Brother get a warrant

| Josh Peterson
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A bill under consideration would amend law enforcement’s abilities to search private electronic communications

ACLU: Domestic drones create 'unavoidable privacy concerns'

| Josh Peterson
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The FAA is set to establish six UAS test sites around the country for the next five years

IRS backs off on warrantless email surveillance

| Josh Peterson
IRS Facility Processes Tax Returns A Week Before Filing Deadline

Move follows last week’s uproar over internal IRS documents

ACLU: IRS docs on warrantless email search show why we need reform

| Josh Peterson
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‘We still don’t know what the standards are that federal law enforcement agencies are using when they read our most private communications via email and other means’

House committee advancing pro-business cyber bill

| Associated Press
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Last year, a similar measure never gained traction and eventually prompted a White House veto threat.

Maine bill would prohibit law enforcement from tracking cell phones without warrant

| Josh Peterson
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Exceptions made ‘in cases of imminent threat to national security or grave personal injury’

NRA welcomes ACLU to gun debate, shares 'significant concerns' with Reid bill

| Vince Coglianese
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‘It’s heartening to see a group that’s dedicated to preserving the civil liberties of Americans’

TheDC Morning: The ACLU has a surprise for Harry Reid

| Jamie Weinstein
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When you're Harry Reid and you've lost the ACLU, it's time to just kill your bill

EXCLUSIVE: ACLU says Reid's gun legislation could threaten privacy rights, civil liberties

| Vince Coglianese
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‘As we’ve seen with many large government databases, if you build it, they will come’

Strange bedfellows come together on electronic privacy

| Josh Peterson
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Liberals and conservatives come together to curb law enforcement powers

DOJ kept judges in the dark about cellphone tracking device

| Josh Peterson
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The federal government has argued, however, that tools like the stingray can be used without a search warrant

Rural Ohio school district moves decades-old Jesus portrait; ACLU not impressed

| Eric Owens
Jesus portrait

Christian-themed club owns the portrait, says school district

Lesbian teacher says she was sacked over display celebrating LGBT month

| Eric Owens
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ACLU stepped in after school board deemed display inappropriate

ACLU sues to force removal of Ohio middle school's 65-year-old Jesus portrait

| Eric Owens
Jesus portrait

Portrait effectively endorses ‘one religion’ say plaintiffs, all unnamed

Obama 'kill list' paper leaked, includes criteria for assassinating US citizens - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
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The 16-page white paper is seeing the light of day ahead of the Senate confirmation hearing of John Brennan

ACLU comes to the rescue after middle school won't let 14-year-old eighth-grader form gay-straight alliance

| Eric Owens
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Eighth-grader’s rationale for the club is to reduce bullying

Debates should probe expansion of surveillance state, privacy activists say - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
Barack Obama And Mitt Romney Participate In Second Presidential Debate
Domestic warrantless domestic electronic spying by the Justice Department skyrocketed after 2008

Domestic phone, email, Internet surveillance skyrockets under Obama - TheDC

| Josh Peterson
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ACLU report adds to revelations about feds’ domestic surveillance