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Neema Singh Guliani

Former Senior Legislative Counsel

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Bio

Neema Singh Guliani is a former senior legislative counsel with the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, focusing on surveillance, privacy, and national security issues. She served from 2013 to 2020.

Prior to joining the ACLU, she worked in the Chief of Staff’s Office at DHS, concentrating on national security and civil rights issues. She has also worked as an adjudicator in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Agriculture and was an investigative counsel with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where she conducted investigations related to the BP oil spill, contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Recovery Act. Neema is a graduate of Brown University where she earned a BA in International Relations with a focus on global security and received her JD from Harvard Law School in 2008.


Featured work

May 11, 2020

Our Privacy is on the Clock

Our Privacy is on the Clock

Feb 12, 2020

Deadline Looming, Strongest Surveillance Reform Bill Yet Emerges

Deadline Looming, Strongest Surveillance Reform Bill Yet Emerges

Dec 5, 2019

Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online

Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online

Nov 21, 2019

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government’s Spying Powers

Congress Just Temporarily Extended the Government’s Spying Powers

Jun 7, 2019

The FBI Has Access to Over 640 Million Photos of Us Through Its Facial Recognition Database

The FBI Has Access to Over 640 Million Photos of Us Through Its Facial Recognition Database

Mar 5, 2019

Ending the NSA’s Massive Phone Spying Program Would Be a Good Start — But There’s a Lot More to Do

Ending the NSA’s Massive Phone Spying Program Would Be a Good Start — But There’s a Lot More to Do

Feb 6, 2019

How to Shine a Light on U.S. Government Surveillance of Americans

How to Shine a Light on U.S. Government Surveillance of Americans

Feb 1, 2019

Congress, Don’t Give DHS Unrestricted Authority to Build a 'Smart Wall'

Congress, Don’t Give DHS Unrestricted Authority to Build a 'Smart Wall'

Jan 9, 2019

William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State

William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State

Jan 7, 2019

We Should Be Able to Take Facebook to Court

We Should Be Able to Take Facebook to Court