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• The New FBI Guidelines and the Risk of Racial Profiling

  Leading legal scholars and advocates discussed the FBI’s forthcoming guidelines governing criminal, national security and foreign intelligence investigations at a panel discussion sponsored by the American Constitution Society on Tuesday, September... Posted Sep 12 2008, 11:41 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Equality and Liberty

• Civil Rights Orgs. Ask FBI to Postpone Profiling Plans

  In a letter, a coalition of thirty-seven civil rights organizations ask the Justice Department to hold off on plans to amend guidelines that, in the words of the Associated Press , would allow the FBI to “ investigate Americans without any evidence... Posted Aug 13 2008, 10:03 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Equality and Liberty

• Federal Privacy Law and Accessing Personal Records Held by Federal Agencies

  Two State Department contractors were fired and a third was suspended for improperly accessing Senator Barack Obama's passport file , the Washington Post reported. Although the earliest of the three incidents occurred on January 9, 2008, the State... Posted Mar 21 2008, 10:16 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Equality and Liberty, Economic, Workplace, and Environmental Regulation, IP and Tech Law