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Alex Abdo

Former Senior Staff Attorney

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Bio

Alex Abdo () is a former Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. Prior to joining SPT, Alex was an attorney with the National Security Project, where he was involved in the litigation of cases concerning the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the treatment of detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Navy brig in South Carolina. Alex is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Prior to working at the ACLU, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and to the Hon. Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.


Featured work

Oct 8, 2014

VIDEO: Yes, Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Constitution

VIDEO: Yes, Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Constitution

Oct 2, 2014

Securing Our Data Should Come First

Securing Our Data Should Come First

Sep 29, 2014

New Documents Shed Light on One of the NSA's Most Powerful Tools

New Documents Shed Light on One of the NSA's Most Powerful Tools

Sep 2, 2014

Challenge to NSA’s Mass Surveillance Inches Way Up Court System

Challenge to NSA’s Mass Surveillance Inches Way Up Court System

Jul 18, 2014

The NSA's Other Privacy Loophole

The NSA's Other Privacy Loophole

Jul 11, 2014

How the NSA Got Away with Spying on American–Muslim Civil Rights Activists

How the NSA Got Away with Spying on American–Muslim Civil Rights Activists

Jul 2, 2014

The Privacy Oversight Board Should Have Listened to Senator Obama

The Privacy Oversight Board Should Have Listened to Senator Obama

Mar 27, 2014

Are Two Hops Too Many?

Are Two Hops Too Many?

Jan 24, 2014

Three Things to Know About the Government Privacy Report on NSA Spying

Three Things to Know About the Government Privacy Report on NSA Spying

Jan 17, 2014

Annotated: The Most Important Passage from President Obama's NSA Speech

Annotated: The Most Important Passage from President Obama's NSA Speech