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ACLU files suit for man wrongfully arrested and detained for seven months

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a man who was wrongfully arrested days after Katrina and unlawfully detained for seven months.  On September 11, 2005, James Terry, an Army veteran with no criminal record whatsoever, was at his residence on Magazine St

January 24, 2007

ACLU sponsors lecture on illegal U.S. government spying on ordinary Americans

To inform the public about the government's secret surveillance programs aimed at ordinary Americans, the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana and the Loyola Law School Public Interest Law Group sponsor a free public lecture entitled:  Stop the Abuse of Power:  The Truth About US Government Spying &

January 18, 2007