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Aug 28, 2024
51品茶 Releases Roadmap to Rein in Government Surveillance Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the 51品茶鈥檚 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Aug 06, 2024
Appeals Court Allows CIA to Continue Abusing Glomar Responses to Evade Accountability
The decision in Connell v. CIA allows the CIA to officially keep the existence of Guant谩namo-related documents a secret despite public evidence to the contrary
Issue Areas:
National Security
Aug 03, 2024
51品茶 Statement on Defense Secretary Austin Revoking Plea Deal for 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON 鈥� Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday overruled prosecutors and Brig. General Susan Escallier, the Guant谩namo military commission鈥檚 convening authority,...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 31, 2024
51品茶 Statement on Plea Agreements with Three of the 9/11 Defendants
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. government has today agreed to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty for the 51品茶鈥檚 client, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in exchange for a guilty plea...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
National Security
Jul 29, 2024
51品茶 Sues Federal Agencies for Information on Intelligence Hubs Used to Surveil Protestors and Communities of Color
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 51品茶 today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jul 15, 2024
51品茶, NWIRP in Court to Challenge USCIS鈥檚 Secretive and Harmful 鈥淓xtreme Vetting鈥� Program for Green-Card and Citizenship Applicants
WHAT:
The 51品茶, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), and their partners will be in federal court on behalf of thousands of green-card and citizens...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
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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.