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Updated 04.01.10
What's Happening Nationally
Reform the Patriot
Act
A new ACLU report,
"Reclaiming Patriotism: A Call to Reconsider the Patriot Act," examines widespread
surveillance abuses that have occurred under the USA Patriot Act, the
law that was rushed through Congress just 45 days after September 11,
2001.
On December 31, 2009, three Patriot Act provisions will sunset,
providing an opportunity for Congress to examine our surveillance laws and amend those that have been found unconstitutional or have been abused to collect information on innocent people.
A recent ACLU blog
post summarizes two Patriot Act reform bills currently in Congress.
Learn more at
www.reformthepatriotact.org.
Tell your legislators to reform the Patriot Act and protect civil liberties.
What's Happening IN OHIO
ACLU Legal Actions
KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, Inc. v.
Geithner et al.
The ACLU and several civil rights lawyers
have sued on behalf of KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian
Development, Inc., an Ohio-based charity whose property was frozen by
the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control based
simply on the assertion that KindHearts was "under investigation."
Get details in our legal docket.
Resources
Obama and National Security: A
Civil Liberties Report Card
Droning on about drones: ACLU answers why it is asking for info about program in Afghanistan
Read ACLU of Ohio Executive Director Christine Link's
Constitution Day 2009 message: Honor Constitution by Ending Unnecessary Government Secrecy.
More about
unchecked government surveillance from the national ACLU
Your Right To Know:
Guide to the Freedom of Information Act published by the national ACLU
ACLU Surveillance Society fact sheet
Top Ten Myths About the Illegal Spying on
Americans
10 Things You Can Do About the USA Patriot Act and the Abuse of
Executive Power
Read government spying press releases and articles in our
News Center.
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