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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

May 10, 2011

FBI: If We Told You, You Might Sue

FBI: If We Told You, You Might Sue

Jun 2, 2009

In a Dignified and Professional Manner

In a Dignified and Professional Manner

May 31, 2009

Heads: Detention, Tails: Detention

Heads: Detention, Tails: Detention

Sep 23, 2008

Court Orders Release of Detainee Abuse Photos

Court Orders Release of Detainee Abuse Photos