Bio
Hugh Handeyside (@hhandeyside) was a senior staff attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where he worked on issues related to government watchlisting, racial and religious discrimination, due process, and border-related practices. He is a graduate of Stanford University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Handeyside previously worked for several years on complex litigation matters at Perkins Coie LLP and Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Preece LLP. From 2011-2012, he clerked for the Hon. John C. Coughenour of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Prior to law school, Mr. Handeyside worked for two years at the CIA, where he was an analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence and the Counterterrorism Center.
Featured work
Nov 30, 2016
Does What Happened to This Journalist at the US-Canada Border Herald a Darker Trend?
Oct 18, 2016
The Government Has Been Using the Border as a Dragnet to Pressure People Into Becoming Informants
Sep 29, 2016
To the Government, Your Latest Facebook Rant Is Raw Intel
Aug 10, 2016
The Government’s Own Rules Show Why Watchlists Make Bad Policy
May 26, 2016
The Government Is Trying to Influence Speech on Social Media — But How?
Feb 5, 2016
The Privatization of Terrorism Blacklists Will Damage Innocent Lives
Jan 12, 2016
Social Media Companies Should Decline the Government’s Invitation to Join the National Security State
Jun 15, 2015
TSA Response to Universal Criticism of Behavior Detection: More Behavior Detection
Mar 19, 2015
Be Careful With Your Micro-Expressions at the Airport
Feb 24, 2015
This Secret Domestic Surveillance Program Is About to Get Pulled Out of the Shadows