FOIA Collections
The Freedom of Information Act gives all of us the right to ask the government for documents and have the government respond. As the ACLU, we request, and sometimes sue to obtain information about government activity in order to analyze, publish, and disseminate this information to the press and public.
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National Security
DOD Lethal Strikes FOIA Collection
Date Created:May 1, 2021
Contains:1 Document
National Security
Discriminatory Profiling
Muslim Ban FOIA Database
This database compiles documents received from ACLU affiliates' FOIA requests to expose how local Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials interpreted and executed President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban.
Date Created:Jun 21, 2018
Contains:154 Documents
National Security
Discriminatory Profiling
TSA Behavior Detection FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced by the TSA in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU for documents and information relating to the TSA’s behavior detection programs.
Date Created:Sep 26, 2016
Contains:729 Documents
National Security
FOIA Database Regarding the U.S. Government’s Violent Extremism Initiatives
The ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuits produced the below records regarding the federal government’s “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE) and “Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships” (CP3) programs.
Date Created:Sep 9, 2016
Contains:1919 Documents
National Security
Targeted Killing
Targeted Killing FOIA Database
This database compiles records produced in response to ACLU Freedom of Information Act lawsuits seeking legal and factual information about the government’s program of lethal strikes abroad, including drone use.
Date Created:Dec 21, 2015
Contains:314 Documents
National Security
Discriminatory Profiling
TSA FOIA Documents
The documents released from the ACLU submitted Freedom of Information Act request seeking information about the TSA's Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques program.
Date Created:Jun 25, 2015
Contains:2 Documents
National Security
+2 Issues
Section 215 Documents
The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department seeking information about the government's use and interpretation of Patriot Act Section 215.
Date Created:Apr 29, 2015
Contains:99 Documents
National Security
+3 Issues
EO 12,333 Documents
The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding that the government release information about its use of Executive Order 12,333 to conduct surveillance of Americans' international communications.
Date Created:Apr 27, 2015
Contains:192 Documents
National Security
+5 Issues
Mapping the FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is collecting racial and ethnic information and “mapping” American communities around the country based on crude stereotypes about which groups commit different types of crimes.
Date Created:Dec 2, 2014
Contains:4830 Documents