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Post by Human Rights, Civil Liberty on Aug 20, 2013 12:48:00 GMT
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Post by TI on Aug 23, 2013 8:45:41 GMT
ACLU NSA Lawsuit: PRISM Violates the First and Fourth ... - PolicyMicOn Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), together with the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New York which claims that the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance of millions of Verizon customers is unconstitutional ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of NSA Phone Spying Program The ACLU, a Verizon Customer, Says Government Data Collection Violates Its First and Fourth Amendment Rights June 11, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a constitutional challenge to a surveillance program under which the National Security Agency vacuums up information about every phone call placed within, from, or to the United States. The lawsuit argues that the program violates the First Amendment rights of free speech and association as well as the right of privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment. The complaint also charges that the dragnet program exceeds the authority that Congress provided through the Patriot Act.
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Post by TI on Aug 23, 2013 8:53:19 GMT
Father of Slain Chechen Plans to Sue FBI for Son’s Wrongful Death Abdulbaki Todashev, whose 27-year-old son Ibragim was killed in May during an FBI interrogation, landed in the U.S. on Aug. 5 to seek answers from U.S. authorities to questions surrounding his son's death Read more: world.time.com/2013/08/05/exclusive-father-of-slain-chechen-plans-to-sue-fbi-for-sons-wrongful-death/#ixzz2cmRgS7onTodashev arrived in Tampa, in Florida, with a black briefcase of photographs — the evidence he plans to use in suing the FBI for the wrongful death of his son. The case would be a long shot, in part because Todashev speaks little English, cannot afford a lawyer and only has a U.S. tourist visa glued into his Russian passport. What he does have is the help of two U.S. rights organizations — including the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU — and the determination of a grieving father from a region where blood feuds run deep. |
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Post by TI on Aug 23, 2013 9:02:06 GMT
Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Muslims’ freedom of religionHundreds of Muslims Targeted for Surveillance because of their Religion. An FBI informant who infiltrated a California mosque violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims by targeting them for surveillance because of their religion, the ACLU and a Muslim group said in a lawsuit Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed against the FBI and seven of its agents and supervisors, focuses on the actions several years ago of Craig Monteilh, a paid FBI informant. Monteilh has said he was instructed to spy on worshipers at an Irvine mosque in a quest for potential terrorists, allegations that prompted fierce criticism of the FBI from some Muslims in Southern California and nationwide.
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