Bio
Alex Abdo (@AlexanderAbdo) is a former Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. Prior to joining SPT, Alex was an attorney with the National Security Project, where he was involved in the litigation of cases concerning the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the treatment of detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Navy brig in South Carolina. Alex is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Prior to working at the ACLU, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and to the Hon. Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Featured work
Dec 26, 2012
Rhetorical Support Is Not “Material Support”
Aug 1, 2012
Step One in Data-Mining America: Build a Big Database
Jul 18, 2012
Reporting From Guantanamo: “Why Not Get It Right the First Time?”
Jun 27, 2012
The White House's Blemished Record of Disclosure on Bush-Era Torture
Jun 26, 2012
ACLU Launches Torture Database in Recognition of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Jun 19, 2012
More Transparency Needed For Government's Use of National Security Powers For Data Requests From Companies
May 25, 2012
Appeals Court Says CIA Can Hide Torture Evidence from Public
May 9, 2012
National Security Letters: A Little Less Secret?