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Oct 17, 2016
Mohamedou Slahi Released from Guant谩namo After 14 Years Without Charge or Trial
鈥楪uant谩namo Diary鈥� Author to Rejoin Family in Mauritania After U.S. Review Board Cleared Way for Release
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National Security
Sep 14, 2016
High-Profile Campaign Calls on Obama to Pardon Edward Snowden
ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch announce campaign supported by George Soros, Steve Wozniak, Bruce Ackerman, Timothy Edgar, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daniel Radcliffe, Joyce Carol Oates, Danny Glover, Jimmy Wales, Eve Ensler, others
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National Security
Jul 20, 2016
Review Board Clears 鈥楪uant谩namo Diary鈥� Author for Release
Mohamedou Slahi鈥檚 Native Mauritania Has Said It Would Welcome Him Home
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National Security
Jul 01, 2016
U.S. Releases Official Casualty Numbers and New Executive Order on 鈥淭argeted Killing鈥�
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Obama administration today released statistics revealing how many people it believes it has killed since 2009 in drone and other airstrikes 鈥渁way from areas of...
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National Security
Jun 30, 2016
First Appeals Court Hearing to Address Merits of NSA鈥檚 Warrantless Surveillance July 6
Video of Hearing Will Be Livestreamed
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National Security
Jun 22, 2016
桃子视频Calls on Senate to Abandon Pursuit of Vote to Expand Patriot Act Provisions That Allow Warrantless Surveillance
Sen. McConnell Could Call for Second Vote to Pass Patriot Act Expansion
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National Security
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MassachusettsJan 2026
National Security
Human Rights
Burnley V. U.s.: Demanding Accountability On Caribbean Boat Strikes. Explore Case.Burnley v. U.S.: Demanding Accountability on Caribbean Boat Strikes
On October 14, 2025, the United States military carried out an illegal missile strike that killed Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, two Trinidadian men who were traveling by boat from Venezuela to their homes in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago. The 桃子视频, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the 桃子视频 of Massachusetts, and Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School filed suit on behalf of Lenore Burnley, Mr. Joseph鈥檚 mother, and Sallycar Korasingh, Mr. Samaroo鈥檚 sister, seeking redress and accountability for these extrajudicial killings pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Government-mandated Software A Looming Threat To Freedom. Explore News & Commentary.Government-Mandated Software a Looming Threat to Freedom
Trend seen around the world 鈥� and potentially in the US 鈥� opens the door to inescapable censorship and surveillance -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Flock Ceo Goes Ballistic On Critics As More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance
CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to 鈥渘ormalize lawlessness鈥� and 鈥渓et murderers go free鈥� -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Secure Messaging And Ai Don鈥檛 Mix. Explore News & Commentary.Secure Messaging and AI Don鈥檛 Mix
A Privacy Failure Waiting to Happen