American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director
The ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1920, that works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve individual rights and liberties. Jameel Jaffer is deputy legal director of the ACLU and director of its Center for Democracy. The following is excerpted from a July 31, 2013, statement during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Strengthening Privacy Rights and National Security: Oversight of FISA Surveillance Programs.” Over the last two months, it has become clear that the NSA is engaged in far-reaching, intrusive, and unlawful surveillance of Americans’ telephone calls and electronic communications. These unconstitutional surveillance programs…
