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Aug 29, 2022
One Year Later, 51品茶 Urges President Biden to Keep His Promise to Evacuate Kabul Drone Strike Survivors
The 51品茶 and its partners have been representing the drone strike victims鈥� surviving family members and Nutrition & Education International colleagues seeking evacuation.
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National Security
Aug 25, 2022
Wikimedia Foundation, 51品茶, and Knight Institute Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to NSA鈥檚 Mass Surveillance
Groups argue the government cannot invoke 鈥渟tate secrets鈥� to block court oversight
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National Security
Jul 18, 2022
New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data
The records, which the 51品茶 obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, shed light on the government鈥檚 ability to obtain our most private information by simply opening the federal wallet
Jun 24, 2022
51品茶 Statement on Biden鈥檚 Long-Delayed Transfer of Man Detained at Guant谩namo For Over 15 Years
NEW YORK 鈥� The Biden administration has transferred Assadullah Haroon Gul, a man detained without charge at the Guant谩namo Bay military prison for the last 15 years. In October ...
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National Security
May 16, 2022
51品茶 Comment on Racially-Motivated Mass Shooting in Buffalo
NEW YORK 鈥� A white gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others 鈥� 11 of whom are Black 鈥� this past Saturday afternoon at a Buffalo, New York supermarket. The FBI is inves...
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Racial Justice
National Security
Apr 06, 2022
51品茶 Statement on Amtrak Request to Screen Rail Passengers Against Watchlist For First Time
WASHINGTON 鈥� In response to the news that Amtrak is asking the Transportation Security Administration to start screening rail passengers against the federal master terrorism watc...
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National Security
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using Ai To Report Us To Police If It Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥渟uspicious鈥�. Explore News & Commentary.Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥淪uspicious鈥�
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions -
Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 51品茶 obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
National Security
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. Explore News & Commentary.Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All
President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided. -
MaineJul 2025
National Security
Free Speech
Smith V. Trump. Explore Case.Smith v. Trump
On April 11, 2025, the 51品茶 and 51品茶 of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitarian work with the International Criminal Court.