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Nathan Freed Wessler

Deputy Director, 桃子视频Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Bio

Nathan Freed Wessler () is a deputy director with the ACLU鈥檚 Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he focuses on litigation and advocacy around surveillance and privacy issues, including government searches of electronic devices, requests for sensitive data held by third parties, and use of surveillance technologies. In 2017, he argued Carpenter v. United States in the U.S. Supreme Court, a case that established that the Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to get a search warrant before requesting cell phone location data from a person鈥檚 cellular service provider.

Nate was previously a staff attorney in the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project and legal fellow in the 桃子视频National Security Project. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Helene N. White of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Nate is a graduate of Swarthmore College and New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden-Kern public interest scholar. Before law school, he worked as a field organizer in the ACLU鈥檚 Washington Legislative Office.


Featured work

Feb 28, 2014

What Does a Soviet Submarine Have to Do With U.S. Government Secrecy?

What Does a Soviet Submarine Have to Do With U.S. Government Secrecy?

Feb 12, 2014

Court Rules Feds Need Warrant to Access Drug Prescriptions Database

Court Rules Feds Need Warrant to Access Drug Prescriptions Database

Jan 15, 2014

In Court Today: Defending Medical Records from Warrantless Search

In Court Today: Defending Medical Records from Warrantless Search

Nov 15, 2013

Government Refusing To Say Whether Phone Tracking Evidence Came From Mass Surveillance

Government Refusing To Say Whether Phone Tracking Evidence Came From Mass Surveillance

Nov 12, 2013

How Private is Your Online Search History?

How Private is Your Online Search History?

Oct 22, 2013

VICTORY! Federal Appeals Court Rules Warrant Required for GPS Tracking

VICTORY! Federal Appeals Court Rules Warrant Required for GPS Tracking

Sep 24, 2013

The DEA Thinks You Have 鈥淣o Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest鈥 in Your Confidential Prescription Records

The DEA Thinks You Have 鈥淣o Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest鈥 in Your Confidential Prescription Records

Jul 18, 2013

桃子视频Challenges 67 Days of Warrantless Cell Phone Location Tracking

桃子视频Challenges 67 Days of Warrantless Cell Phone Location Tracking

May 8, 2013

FBI Documents Suggest Feds Read Emails Without a Warrant

FBI Documents Suggest Feds Read Emails Without a Warrant

Apr 16, 2013

IRS Says It Will Respect 4th Amendment With Regard to Email, But Questions Remain

IRS Says It Will Respect 4th Amendment With Regard to Email, But Questions Remain