DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance | ACLU

AI surveillance of public places risks subjecting everyday spaces to airport-level security that heightens the risk of discrimination.

When Blood Money Isn’t Enough: Raytheon Admits to Defrauding Pentagon

RTX’s bombs regularly kill children and civilians. It does white-collar crimes too, according to a $950 million fraud and bribery settlement this week.

Do Kamala Harris’s Neocon Supporters Just Hate Trump, or Is There Something More to Her Appeal?

Dick Cheney and a slate of neocons are endorsing Kamala Harris because their visions for foreign policy appear to be aligned.

Ex-Guantánamo Detainee Forcibly Repatriated to Russia Despite Fears of Torture

After Guantánamo, Ravil Mingazov spent the last 7 years in the UAE as part of a secret U.S. deal that was said to bar further transfers with risks of abuse.

The U.S. Has Dozens of Secret Bases Across the Middle East. They Keep Getting Attacked.

An Intercept investigation found 63 U.S. bases, garrisons, and shared facilities in the region. U.S. troops are “sitting ducks,” according to one expert.

U.S. Poured Billions of Military Aid Into Lebanon. Now Israel Threatens to Invade.

The U.S. is warning Israel against launching all-out war on Hezbollah — while continuing to send Israel unconditional military aid.

How is One of America's Biggest Spy Agencies Using AI? We're Suing to Find Out. | ACLU

AI tools have the potential to expand the National Security Agency’s surveillance dragnet more than ever before. The public deserves to know how the government is using these tools.

Feds Search Basketball Arena for Domestic Nuclear Terrorists in Their Own March Madness

As UConn meets Purdue, the national security state wants you worried about a different faceoff.

The CIA's Long and Dangerous History of Refusing to Answer Absurdly Obvious Questions | ACLU

The implications of Connell v. CIA and how we’re holding the CIA accountable for its actions at the Guantánamo Bay military prison.

Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance

Elon Musk and X postured as defenders against government surveillance but sold user data to Dataminr, which facilitates such surveillance.

Squeezed by African Coups, Biden Cozies Up to the World’s Worst Dictator

Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces.

Tech Official Pushing TikTok Ban Could Reap Windfall From U.S.–China Cold War

On a government commission, Jacob Helberg stokes fears in Congress of TikTok and China. His firm, Palantir, could profit from a Cold War.

TikTok Threat Is Purely Hypothetical, U.S. Intelligence Admits

“We have nothing to add,” the FBI said, when asked for evidence of TikTok’s actual threat.

Gen. Mark Milley’s Second Act: Multimillionaire

In the classroom, the boardroom, and at the speaker’s dais, the former Chair of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley cashes in.

Dozens of Police Agencies in California Are Still Sharing Driver Locations with Anti-Abortion States. We're Fighting Back. | ACLU

Automatic license plate readers collect and store highly sensitive information that can reveal where we work, live, worship, or seek reproductive health services. Sharing any ALPR information with out-of-state or federal law enforcement agencies...

“Logistics” Outpost in Jordan Where 3 U.S. Troops Died Is Secretly a Drone Base

The Pentagon is covering up the real purpose of Tower 22: targeting the very Iran-backed militants that launched a drone attack last month.

American Base in Jordan Where Drone Killed 3 U.S. Troops Dogged by Inadequate Air Defenses

Air defenses were lacking at the remote U.S. base in Jordan called Tower 22 where three troops were killed in a drone attack.

White House Falsely Declared It Warned Iraq of Impending Airstrikes

The NSC walked back White House spokesperson John Kirby’s statement last week that Iraq had advance notice of the strikes.