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June 2006 Archives U.S. Citizens Call on Federal Government to Fix Dysfunctional Terrorist Screening System June 19, 2006 Nine American citizens residing from Massachusetts on the East Coast to Seattle on the West Coast today joined together in an effort to force the federal government to implement changes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) and the policies of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that will ensure that these innocent Americans are not subjected to humiliating and unnecessary detentions and harassment by federal officials when they re-enter the United States. read more » Studs Terkel, Other Prominent Chicagoans Join Together to Challenge AT&T Sharing of Telephone Records with the National Security Agency June 07, 2006 Celebrated Chicago author Studs Terkel and prominent leaders in the medical, legal, political and faith communities today filed a federal lawsuit charging that telephone giant AT&T violated their privacy by secretly sharing the telephone records of millions of Americans with the National Security Agency. read more » ACLU Pitches in to Help Fair Illinois Verify Petition Signatures June 06, 2006 More than fifty (50) leaders, staff, members and volunteers from the American Civil Liberties Union worked on Saturday, June 3rd to assist Fair Illinois - the grassroots organization devoted to opposing the proposed discriminatory anti-marriage equality referendum - in verifying the accuracy of signatures on petitions submitted to the Illinois State Board of Elections. read more » |
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