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News Release ~ 10/13/2017
General Finds Good Cause to Allow the Withdrawal of Three Members of Defense Team in U.S.S. Cole Trial at Military Commissions in Guantanamo; Proceedings Plagued by Government Violations of Attorney-Client Privilege -- Washington, DC (Oct. 13, 2017) – Today, Brig. Gen. John Baker, the Chief Defense Counsel for the Military Commissions Defense Organization, found good cause to allow the withdrawal of three members of the defense team in the case of United States v. Nashiri due to concerns that the government compromised attorney-client confidentiality.
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News Release ~ 05/23/2017
Fourth Circuit Permits Mass Surveillance Lawsuit to Move Forward, but Without the Criminal Defense Bar and All but One Plaintiff -- Washington, DC (May 23, 2017) – In March 2015, Wikimedia, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Human Rights Watch, and several other organizations, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenging the National Security Agency's (NSA) mass interception and searching of Americans' international Internet communications.
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News Release ~ 10/24/2017b
Nation's Criminal Defense Bar Endorses Bipartisan Surveillance Legislation Introduced in the Senate and the House -- Washington, DC (Oct. 24, 2017) – Today, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), together with nine additional co-sponsors, introduced the bipartisan USA RIGHTS Act, a bill that significantly reforms warrantless surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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News Release ~ 10/05/2017
Draft Surveillance Legislation Represents Step toward Reform, but Falls Far Short -- Washington, DC (Oct. 5, 2017) -- Today Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.), the chair and ranking member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), the chair and ranking member of the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee, presented a bipartisan discussion draft of the "USA Liberty Act" — a bill that would reauthorize and reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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News Release ~ 02/23/2016
Nation's Criminal Defense Bar Applauds Administration's Efforts to Close Guantanamo, But Says the Framework Falls Short -- Washington, DC (Feb. 23, 2016) – Today, the Administration released what it says is a "Plan for Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility." While there are serious deficiencies in that plan, the administration is to be commended for continuing its effort to at long last shutter the detention facility.