Read more ACLU stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2273/aclu.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:01:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agents repeatedly threatened him with "torture,...http://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:06:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73002/boulder-cops-nix-naked-halloween-streak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKilljoy cops in Boulder, Colo., plan to shut down the town's annual naked Halloween run tonight, dispatching 40 police officers to the four-block course, backed up, believe it or not, by SWAT teams. Tolerated for nearly a decade, the run aroused police ire last year when the ranks of streakers,...http://www.newser.com/story/73002/boulder-cops-nix-naked-halloween-streak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 8:50:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72794/loose-fbi-rules-raise-privacy-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI has been given far too much leeway to gather information on individuals and groups, charge Muslim and civil liberties organizations. Guidelines in a newly disclosed FBI manual allow the bureau to probe people or organizations without any factual evidence against them. Agents are given broad powers to proactively...http://www.newser.com/story/72794/loose-fbi-rules-raise-privacy-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 2:16:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72238/taser-tells-cops-dont-aim-at-chest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStun gun maker Taser has issued an advisory to police departments suggesting cops not aim at a suspect’s chest because it poses an "extremely low" chance of triggering an "adverse cardiac event." The company insists its product is safe, but if something goes wrong, "it would place the law-enforcement agency,...http://www.newser.com/story/72238/taser-tells-cops-dont-aim-at-chest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:35:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71825/louisiana-judge-wont-marry-interracial-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA justice of the peace in rural Louisiana says he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long. "I'm not a racist. I...http://www.newser.com/story/71825/louisiana-judge-wont-marry-interracial-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 19:29:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68368/cia-refuses-to-hand-over-interrogation-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CIA has refused to hand over any more documents relating to its Bush-era interrogation and detention programs, the New York Times reports. The agency told a federal judge that dozens of documents, including communications from secret prisons and agency assessments of the programs' legality, must remain secret in the...http://www.newser.com/story/68368/cia-refuses-to-hand-over-interrogation-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 1:22:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67417/probe-launched-after-gitmo-lawyers-bare-secret-cia-pics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department is seeking to determine if military defense attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees broke the law protecting classified material by showing prisoners photographs of covert CIA officers and contractors, reports the Washington Post . Three lawyers apparently used the photographs in an attempt to identify potential participants in abuses...http://www.newser.com/story/67417/probe-launched-after-gitmo-lawyers-bare-secret-cia-pics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 1:19:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63218/racial-profiling-still-widespread-in-us-aclu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRacial profiling remains rampant in the US, with thousands detained yearly due to race, religion, or nationality, even though top federal officials are trying to halt the practice, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a report to the UN. South Asian and North African immigrants are often targeted as...http://www.newser.com/story/63218/racial-profiling-still-widespread-in-us-aclu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 14:01:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62049/nev-newspaper-defends-commenters-anonymity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tax-evasion trial has sparked a free-speech controversy at the Las Vegas Review-Journal . The paper has declined to honor a federal subpoena demanding the identities of everyone who commented on an article on the trial. Businessman Robert Kahre faces tax-fraud charges for hiding the real value of sales of gold...http://www.newser.com/story/62049/nev-newspaper-defends-commenters-anonymity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 16:34:39 CDT