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FORMER AMB. JOE WILSON SPEAKS AT ACLU CONFERENCE
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Executive Director Anthony Romero speaks at the ACLU Membership Conference, in Washington on October 16 2006. Romero participated in a panel discussion entitled "Torture, Secrecy and Surveillance: Holding Government Accountable." (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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A policy authorizing the use of lethal force against terrorist suspects, including U.S. citizens, is beyond the limits of the law, the ACLU said.
U.S. Rep. Peter King said Sunday the American Civil Liberties Union is wrong to press the government to release photographs of torture of terror detainees.
Patenting pure genes linked to diseases is unconstitutional and slows down research progress, civil liberties advocates claim.
It's just a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legal throughout the United States, the head of the American Civil Liberties Union said.
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a court motion suggesting the sex-related arrest of conservative Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was unconstitutional.
A federal judge in New York has ruled that a provision of the Patriot Act allowing the FBI to issue secret subpoenas to Internet service providers and other communications companies is unconstitutional, and has ordered the bureau to cease using them.
The American Civil Liberties Union in New York is challenging a federal grand jury subpoena to turn over an unsolicited classified document it received.
The FBI is denying allegations it encroached on civil rights by monitoring Web sites that called for civil disobedience in 2004's U.S. political conventions.
New documents released by the Pentagon this week reveal more cases of abuse against detainees, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad