Press Releases

The USA Liberty Act’s primary reform is an effort to address the so-called “backdoor search loophole” by requiring U.S. officials to obtain a warrant before accessing the content of Americans’ communications in criminal cases, unless the government’s primary purpose was to obtain foreign intelligence information.

After receiving a letter from the Brennan Center and other organizations, the DOJ is now asking for a narrower set of information about website users.

Today, four Muslim American citizens filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the ongoing litigation over President Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban. The Brennan Center, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Profeta & Eisenstein represented the amici.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify in a public hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to address questions surrounding his recusal from the Russia investigation and his role in the dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey.