Jameel Jaffer is Deputy Legal Director at the ACLU and Director of the ACLU’s Center for Democracy, which houses the ACLU’s work on national security; human rights; and speech, privacy, and technology. He has litigated many cases involving government surveillance, including Doe v. Ashcroft, the case that resulted in the invalidation of the Patriot Act’s “national security letter” provisions. Among the cases he is currently litigating are Clapper v. Amnesty, a challenge to warrantless wiretapping under the FISA Amendments Act, a case that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this fall; ACLU v. CIA, a suit under the Freedom of Information Act for records about the “targeted killing” program; and ACLU v. Department of Defense, a FOIA lawsuit seeking records relating to the Bush administration’s torture program. The last of these cases has resulted in the disclosure of thousands of government records, including the “torture memos” written by lawyers in the Bush administration’s Office of Legal Counsel. Twitter: @JameelJaffer Facebook: jameel.jaffer
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