News & Commentary about National Security

The ACLU’s National Security Project is dedicated to ensuring that U.S. national security policies and practices are consistent with the Constitution, civil liberties, and human rights.

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Mar 15, 2021

Major Hack of Camera Company Offers Four Key Lessons on Surveillance

International Criminal Court in Den-Hagg, Netherlands.

Mar 13, 2021

Unless Biden Acts, Trump’s Assault on Human Rights will Continue

A face recognition camera with a CBP agent in the background.

Dec 21, 2020

CBP’s Plan to Expand Face Surveillance at Airports is a Civil Liberties Disaster in the Making

A Customs and Border Protection officer questions immigrants in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019.

Dec 9, 2020

Biden Must Remove Border Patrol from Border Communities to Restore Civil Rights and Liberties

Dec 7, 2020

The First Amendment Fight Against the WeChat Ban

Federal SRT officers shoot less-lethal munitions at protesters.

Aug 11, 2020

Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security. Its Tactics are Fearsome.

Aug 6, 2020

The Constitutional Crisis Wrought by Trump's Federal Troops

Aug 4, 2020

ACLU Seeks Information on Government’s Aerial Surveillance of Protesters

Man with hands handcuffed behind his back

Jun 29, 2020

After 17 Months of Unlawful Detention, Court Orders Release of U.S. Resident Wrongfully Detained Under Patriot Act

Protestors react to a low flying helicopter during a march in Brooklyn, New York.

Jun 24, 2020

Protests, Aerial Surveillance, and Police Defunding