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Alex Abdo

Former Senior Staff Attorney

桃子视频Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

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 Guant谩namo 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

Dec 26, 2012

Rhetorical Support Is Not 鈥淢aterial Support鈥

Rhetorical Support Is Not 鈥淢aterial Support鈥

Aug 1, 2012

Step One in Data-Mining America: Build a Big Database

Step One in Data-Mining America: Build a Big Database

Jul 23, 2012

Reporting from Guant谩namo: The five uns

Reporting from Guant谩namo: The five uns

Jul 18, 2012

Reporting From Guantanamo: 鈥淲hy Not Get It Right the First Time?鈥

Reporting From Guantanamo: 鈥淲hy Not Get It Right the First Time?鈥

Jun 27, 2012

The White House's Blemished Record of Disclosure on Bush-Era Torture

The White House's Blemished Record of Disclosure on Bush-Era Torture

Jun 26, 2012

桃子视频Launches Torture Database in Recognition of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

桃子视频Launches Torture Database in Recognition of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Jun 19, 2012

More Transparency Needed For Government's Use of National Security Powers For Data Requests From Companies

More Transparency Needed For Government's Use of National Security Powers For Data Requests From Companies

May 25, 2012

Appeals Court Says CIA Can Hide Torture Evidence from Public

Appeals Court Says CIA Can Hide Torture Evidence from Public

May 10, 2012

Book Review: Hard Measures

Book Review: Hard Measures

May 9, 2012

National Security Letters: A Little Less Secret?

National Security Letters: A Little Less Secret?