Since 2001, the national ACLU and
its state affiliates have creatively and persistently worked to ensure
that President Bush and his administration do not go unchallenged in their
efforts to use the war against terrorism as an excuse for weakening our
constitutional protections.
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Results of Nationwide Government Cell Phone Tracking Records Request Show Frequent Violations of Americans' Privacy Rights
Posted 4/2/12 - Of all of the recent technological developments that have expanded the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement agencies at the expense of individual privacy, perhaps the most powerful is cell phone location tracking. As part of a national campaign, the ACLU of Utah submitted GRAMA requests to 8 local law enforcement agencies to see if they used cell phone tracking. The responses, along with others from around the country, were analyzed showing disturbing trends.
Read more the full blog post >>
Read a New York Times article >>
TAKE ACTION: Support the GPS Act introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz & Sen. Ron Wyden >>
Press Releases
Robert Redford And Ellen Barkin Join Doug Liman At Sundance Event Shining Spotlight On Bush Torture Record (1/31/11)
“Torture and the Rule of Law: Three Narratives About Abu Ghraib,” A Presentation by the Director of the ACLU’s National Security Project (9/20/07)
The Constitutional Law Section of the Utah State Bar and the ACLU of Utah Present a CLE by Jameel Jaffer Titled:
“Foreign Intelligence Surveillance: From the 1976 Church Committee to the 2007 Protect America Act”(9/1/07)
ACLU delivers Patriot Act reform petition to Congressman Bishop (10/6/05)
Senator
Hatch hears concerns about post-9/11 government actions from across the
political spectrum as judiciary committee convenes in Utah (4/16/04)
Federal
Senate Judiciary Committee comes to town; ACLU calls on Chairman Hatch
to keep America safe and free (4/12/04)
University
of Utah Daily Chronicle articles on Student Week of Action to Oppose the
PATRIOT Act (11/6/03)
ACLU launches latest “Safe and Free”
ads in Utah, urges senators to end sneak and peek searches (9/17/03)
The Ashcroft Patriot Act Roadshow
hits Salt Lake City (8/23/03)
Attorney General Ashcroft in
Salt Lake City on Monday, August 25th (8/22/03)
Legal Advocacy and Policy Work
Results of Nationwide Government Cell Phone Tracking Records Request Show Frequent Violations of Americans' Privacy Rights (4/2/12)
Add Your Voice to Doug Liman's Upcoming Movie "Reckoning With Torture" (2/16/12)
ACTION ALERT: Senate Bill allows Military to detain American Citizens (11/28/11)
Honor Those Who Said 'No' To Torture (7/13/11)
Honoring Courage Seven Years After Abu Ghraib (4/29/11)
Traveling this Holiday Season? Some Things Have Changed (11/22/10)
Take Action: Stop Indefinite Detention Without Charge or Trial (7/1/09)
Bill to Protect Privacy of Utahns Advances in House (2/25/09)
Real ID Could Be A Real Nightmare for Utah (2/13/09)
ACLU of Utah thanks Senator Hatch for standing up to White House
and urges him to continue investigating NSA wiretapping program (7/18/07)
Citing
new documents revealing the high costs for Utah’s implementation
of the Real ID Act, the ACLU of Utah calls on state lawmakers to
pass a resolution urging Congress to amend the Act (1/12/06)
ACLU of Utah urges Congressman Rob Bishop to support the Senate version
of the PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill and to reject the House version (9/6/05)
Response to follow-up questions
from Senator Orrin Hatch on the Salt Lake City field hearing,“Preventing
and Responding to Acts of Terrorism: A Review of Current Law,”
held on April 14, 2004 (5/15/04)
Testimony on “Preventing
and Responding to Acts of Terrorism: A Review of Current Law”
before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (4/14/04)
Letter to the MATRIX oversight committee
appointed by Governor Walker requesting that it recommend Utah’s withdrawal
from the MATRIX program (3/19/04)
Formal request pursuant
to the Utah Government Records and Management Act (GRAMA) to allow inspection
and copying of the public records held by the Utah Department of Public
Safety regarding the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
(MATRIX) (11/18/03)
Letter to the Salt
Lake City Police Department regarding a request under the Governmental
Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) (8/11/03)
From Our Legislative Reports
2012 Legislative Report - Privacy/Technology
2011 Legislative Report - Privacy/Technology
2010 Legislative Report - Privacy/Technology
2009 Legislative Report
2008 Legislative Report
2007 Legislative Report - Real ID
2006 Legislative Report
2005 Legislative Report
2004 Legislative Report - Safe and Free
2003 Legislative Report
2002 Legislative Report
2001 Legislative Report
2000 Legislative Report
1999 Legislative Report
Resources
Karen McCreary, Executive Director of the ACLU of Utah speaking at the Salt Lake City Torture Accountability Action Day (6/25/2009)
For Students: 7 Ways to Stand Up for Freedom and Oppose the PATRIOT Act (October 2003)
USA PATRIOT Act for Campuses: A Guide to Issues Within the PATRIOT Act that Directly Affect Campus Life (October 2003)
Model Local Resolution to Protect Civil
Liberties (October 2003)
USA PATRIOT Act Business Fact Sheet (October 2003)
Articles
Muslim Americans and Sept. 11 (9/9/11)
ACLU
More Relevant Than Ever (Winter 2004)
Precarious Times for Civil Liberties (Fall 2003)
Principles, Power and the USA PATRIOT Act (Fall 2003)
The Administration’s Campaign to “Sell”
the USA PATRIOT Act (Fall 2003)
PATRIOT Act II: Waiting in the Wings (Fall 2003)
Airline Passenger Profiling: Back to the Drawing Board
Again (Fall 2003)
Support
New Legislation to Fix the PATRIOT Act Abuses (Fall 2003)
Catalyst Magazine: Principles, Power and the USA PATRIOT Act (September 2003)
ACLU Challenges New Police Powers (Winter 2002)
Events
"What is 'The War on Terror' and Are We Still Fighting It?" (11/27/12)
"Our New Normal: National Security, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Ten Years After 9/11" (11/29/12)
Free Film Screening of "The Oath" (11/19/12)
"Our New Normal: National Security, Civil Liberties and Human Rights Ten Years After 9/11" (11/29/11)
Robert Redford And Ellen Barkin Join Doug Liman At Sundance Event Shining Spotlight On Bush Torture Record (1/31/11)
Robert Redford And Ellen Barkin Join Doug Liman At Sundance Event Shining Spotlight On Bush Torture Record (1/31/11)
Activists and Supporters Call for Torture Accountability at Day of Action Rally
(6/26/09)
ACLU of Utah Marks Six-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center (1/12/08)
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