FBI created counterterrorism files for plaintiffs’ innocuous activities

Please attribute the following statement to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California:

A key Assembly committee is considering approving a bill, SB 15, that would give law enforcement a blank check when it comes to using drones. Drones pose significant threats to privacy because they can easily be used for warrantless mass surveillance.

Fines against the government for lying to a court should be upheld, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) will argue before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today.

Should companies be able to patent human genes? Today, the Supreme Court answered that profound question with a resounding NO.

In the wake of the past week's revelations about the NSA's unprecedented mass surveillance of phone calls, today the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the program violates Americans' constitutional rights of free speech, association, and privacy.

NEW YORK – Using the Patriot Act, the U.S. government has been secretly tracking the calls of every Verizon Business Network Services customer – whom they talked to, from where, and for how long – for the past 41 days, according to a report published by The Guardian.