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... to adopt procedures that will be both truly effective and the least invasive to Americans' privacy," Michael German, ACLU's Washington legislative office counsel said in a statement. The group wants the devices, if used at all, to be employed only ... Comment?
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U.S. Widens Use Of Full-Body Scan
... country should not automatically be subjected," the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement Wednesday. The ACLU also questioned the effectiveness of the screening tool. "Plastic explosives can be hidden from them, as can explosives hidden ... Comment?
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... that there should be NO DEATH PENTALTY and NO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE, you know the ones that agree with the ACLU. Did you know that one of our State DemoCRAP Senators wants to do away with the Life with no Parole and replace it with a 20 year ... Comment?
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U.S. Ponders Full Body Airport Screening After Foiled Airline Bomb Plot
... "humiliating" assault on the dignity of passengers that citizens in a free nation should not have to tolerate. But the ACLU's statement, like the congressional vote, occurred before last week's potential catastrophe on a U.S.-bound jet. President ... Comment?
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Don't change drug-free school zone laws
... anyone selling drugs in my kid's school zone, or anywhere else for that matter. I'm not surprised the bleeding-heart ACLU would champion this amendment. I'm all for fairness and justice; I vehemently disagree that amending this law will will ... Comment?
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SSI and Welfare Recipients Versus Mandatory Drug Testing
A few states are currently on board with randomly testing their welfare recipients, but is it enough to discourage the abuse of the welfare and economic system? While many states are arguing the cost effectiveness of implementing such programs, institutes like the ACLU are arguing that to impose such requirements is a violation of the fourth ... Comment?
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Number of full-body scanners at US airports to triple in 2010
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... A total of 150 are planned for 2010 throughout the US, although that number is expected to increase. The ACLU contends that the scanners are not fool-proof in monitoring explosives, which can be hid in a body cavity. That was the case with Al Qaeda ... Comment?
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Antioch accused of cutting remarks from audiotape in bias case
... to lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case. In a document submitted Dec. 18 to the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, ACLU of Northern California and other attorneys for the plaintiffs say the defendants edited out parts of the recording that ... 1 comment
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Full-body scan under discussion for U.S. flights criticized
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... detect objects concealed under clothes and can produce detailed images of the body. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it does not trust privacy safeguards, saying the images that depict body shapes and private parts would still exist. ... Comment?
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Limit on jail mail has some worried
... correspondence such as letters to and from lawyers and job information. Jann Carson, the associate director of the ACLU of Oregon, calls the policy unfortunate. Carson says it's important for people who are serving jail time to stay connected with ... Comment?
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Full-body scan for U.S. flights criticized
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... News, released to Reuters, Dec. 28, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it does not trust privacy safeguards, saying the images that depict body shapes and private parts would still exist. "If ... Comment?
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Wide use of U.S. airport body scanners depends on Obama
... "They have invested pennies, basically, in relation to what it's worth. They are trying to be responsive to the ACLU and the people who are some of the bread and butter of the Democratic support network." ACLU INCREDULOUS The American Civil ... Comment?
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Critic questions official prayers
... there is a need to respect this tradition, which has carried the council through hundreds of years. Groups like the ACLU feel that we're not doing things to their standards, but we feel some values are worth fighting for." Since November, Martin has ... Comment?
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... Court in what some are calling a political calculation aimed at next year's gubernatorial election. In January, the ACLU brings the skirmish - and Gill - to Orlando, thanks in large part to a $150,000 grant awarded them by the Tides Foundation in ... Comment?
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The best of our Q-n-A's: He said, She said
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... talking, and I ask how many people have read these [torture memos,] I get blank faces! All they have to do is go on the ACLU website and take a look at these Department of Justice torture memos or CIA Inspector General's Report. They're easily ... Comment?
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Obama Has Final Say on Hi-Tech Airport Scanners
... "They have invested pennies, basically, in relation to what it's worth. They are trying to be responsive to the ACLU and the people who are some of the bread and butter of the Democratic support network." ACLU INCREDULOUS The American Civil ... Comment?
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Security costs will top $75M in NYC terror trial
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... responsibility in signing a warrant for their deaths, should they be found guilty after all interested parties (CAIR, ACLU and other supportive groups with links to Hamas as appointees in the White House and/or sympathies to Palestine) have their ... Comment?
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Antioch accused of altering audiotape in bias case
... to lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case. In a document submitted Dec. 18 to the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, ACLU of Northern California and other attorneys for the plaintiffs say the defendants edited out parts of the recording that ... 1 comment
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Should the Guantanamo Bay detention center be closed?
... in using Guantanamo bay as a dentention and trial center for suspected terrorists. A letter on March 13, 2002 by the ACLU to the government of the United States of America identified policies regarding Gitmo, which would violate U.S. law, ... Comment?
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Obama could expedite full body scans in U.S.
... "They have invested pennies, basically, in relation to what it's worth. They are trying to be responsive to the ACLU and the people who are some of the bread and butter of the Democratic support network." The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ... Comment?
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