Mike German Talks About the Updated Attorney General Guidelines for
the FBI
The American Civil Liberties Union
The FBI is overhauling five types of existing guidelines. Under the
new guidelines, a persons race or ethnic background could be used
as a factor in opening an investigation, a move the ACLU believes
will institute racial profiling as a matter of policy. The
guidelines would also give the FBI the ability to use intrusive
investigative techniques before public demonstrations. The
rewritten guidelin...
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The FBI is overhauling five types of existing guidelines. Under the
new guidelines, a persons race or ethnic background could be used
as a factor in opening an investigation, a move the ACLU believes
will institute racial profiling as a matter of policy. The
guidelines would also give the FBI the ability to use intrusive
investigative techniques before public demonstrations. The
rewritten guidelines have been drafted in a way to give the FBI the
ability to begin surveillance without factual evidence, stating
that a generalized threat is enough to use certain techniques.Visit
www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest audio from the ACLU.
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Tue September 23 2008
The FBI is overhauling five types of existing guidelines. Under the
new guidelines, a persons race or ethnic background could be used
as a factor in o...
read more
The FBI is overhauling five types of existing guidelines. Under the
new guidelines, a persons race or ethnic background could be used
as a factor in opening an investigation, a move the ACLU believes
will institute racial profiling as a matter of policy. The
guidelines would also give the FBI the ability to use intrusive
investigative techniques before public demonstrations. The
rewritten guidelin...
read more
The FBI is overhauling five types of existing guidelines. Under the
new guidelines, a persons race or ethnic background could be used
as a factor in opening an investigation, a move the ACLU believes
will institute racial profiling as a matter of policy. The
guidelines would also give the FBI the ability to use intrusive
investigative techniques before public demonstrations. The
rewritten guidelines have been drafted in a way to give the FBI the
ability to begin surveillance without factual evidence, stating
that a generalized threat is enough to use certain techniques.Visit
www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest audio from the ACLU.
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Fri August 08 2008
Author Jonathan Mahler talks about his new nook, "The Challenge:
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power" with ACLU
National Security...
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Author Jonathan Mahler talks about his new nook, "The Challenge:
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power" with ACLU
National Security Project Staff Attorney Ben Wizner, who interviews
Mahler from Guantanamo. Visit www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the
latest audio from the ACLU.
Author Jonathan Mahler talks about his new nook, "The Challenge:
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power" with ACLU
National Security Project Staff Attorney Ben Wizner, who interviews
Mahler from Guantanamo. Visit www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the
latest audio from the ACLU.
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Fri August 08 2008
On August 6, 2008, a jury of six military officers convicted Salim
Hamdan of material support for terroris in the first military war
tribunal since th...
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On August 6, 2008, a jury of six military officers convicted Salim
Hamdan of material support for terroris in the first military war
tribunal since the Nuremburg Trials. The following day, Hamdan was
sentenced to 66 months in prison. Ben Wizner, staff attorney for
the ACLU's National Security Project, who has been attending
Hamdan's trial for the past two weeks as a human rights observer,
talks ab...
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On August 6, 2008, a jury of six military officers convicted Salim
Hamdan of material support for terroris in the first military war
tribunal since the Nuremburg Trials. The following day, Hamdan was
sentenced to 66 months in prison. Ben Wizner, staff attorney for
the ACLU's National Security Project, who has been attending
Hamdan's trial for the past two weeks as a human rights observer,
talks about the verdict, the sentencing, and the reaction in the
courtroom. Visit www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest audio
from the ACLU.
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Tue May 13 2008
On May 13, 2008, the ACLU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
(LGBT) Project launched "Get Busy, Get Equal," an online toolkit
designed to help you ...
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On May 13, 2008, the ACLU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
(LGBT) Project launched "Get Busy, Get Equal," an online toolkit
designed to help you adovcate for LGBT rights. Matt Coles, Director
of the ACLU's LGBT Project, talks about what you can do to fight
for LGBT rights. Visit www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest
audio from the ACLU.
On May 13, 2008, the ACLU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
(LGBT) Project launched "Get Busy, Get Equal," an online toolkit
designed to help you adovcate for LGBT rights. Matt Coles, Director
of the ACLU's LGBT Project, talks about what you can do to fight
for LGBT rights. Visit www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest
audio from the ACLU.
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Fri April 11 2008
Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program, was in
Guantánamo Bay from April 9 through 11, for the military
commissions hearings of th...
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Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program, was in
Guantánamo Bay from April 9 through 11, for the military
commissions hearings of three detainees. He talks about the
highlights of the week's hearings, the newly built "Camp Justice"
facility and the outlook for these proceedings. Visit
www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest audio from the ACLU.
Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program, was in
Guantánamo Bay from April 9 through 11, for the military
commissions hearings of three detainees. He talks about the
highlights of the week's hearings, the newly built "Camp Justice"
facility and the outlook for these proceedings. Visit
www.aclu.org/podcasts for all the latest audio from the ACLU.
read less