Alex Abdo

Alex Abdo is a Staff Attorney in the ACLU's National Security Project. He has been involved in the litigation of cases concerning the FISA Amendments Act, the Patriot Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the treatment of detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Navy brig in South Carolina. Among the cases he is currently litigating are: a challenge to warrantless wiretapping under the FISA Amendments Act, and Freedom of Information Act suits for records relating to the use of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the use of “national security letters,” and the Bush administration’s warrantless-wiretapping program. Twitter: @AlexanderAbdo

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