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July 10, 2008:
PEN Goes to Court to Challenge New Surveillance Law
 PEN American Center today joined the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other leading international human rights organizations, journalists, and attorneys in filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the newly-enacted FISA Amendments Act, a law that grants the Administration the power to carry out and expand the illegal eavesdropping activities it has engaged in secretly since 2001.
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April 11, 2007:
Campaign for Reader Privacy Welcomes Testimony by 'Gagged' Librarian
Following dramatic testimony from a Connecticut librarian who successfully challenged an abusive FBI National Security Letter (NSL), the Campaign called on Congress to restore the safeguards for reader privacy that were eliminated by the USA Patriot Act. >> More
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September 14, 2006:
Program to celebrate First Amendment champions
Eight individuals who have taken risky, at times harrowing stands on behalf of the First Amendment in recent months will discuss their experiences at an upcoming program in Washington, DC. >> More
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January 25, 2006:
Campaign for Reader Privacy Sends Open Letter to Congress
PEN joined organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and writers today in delivering a letter to members of the House and Senate urging them not to re-authorize the sections of the USA PATRIOT Act that are due to expire on Feb. 3 without adding additional safeguards for the privacy of bookstore and library records. >> More
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April 4, 2005:
Librarian Who Fought FBI Search to Receive 2005 PEN/Newman’s Own Award
PEN named Joan Airoldi, a librarian and library director in rural Washington State who challenged an FBI effort to search patron records, as the recipient of this year’s prestigious PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award. >> More
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May 3, 2004:
PEN calls on President to abandon Patriot Act politics
PEN is calling on President Bush to lead an open, bipartisan evaluation of individual provisions of the Act that are scheduled to sunset in 2005. >> More
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EVENTS & MULTIMEDIA
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 Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surevillance State
Prominent international and local writers and artists gather for a special reading to provoke reflection on controversial post-9/11 government surveillance programs in the United States. >> More
Own Protecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy & Standing Up for the First Amendment
The Campaign for Reader Privacy presents this program in celebration of the 25th observance of Banned Books Week, an annual reminder that we can never take our freedom to read for granted. >> Listen
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PRESS
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August 18, 2006 | New York Times | Ruling for the Law
Ever since President Bush was forced to admit that he was spying on Americans’ telephone calls and e-mail without warrants, his lawyers have fought to keep challenges to the program out of the courts. >> More
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March 9, 2004 | Boston Globe | Reading Over Your Shoulder
"It's the most naked form of intrusion into one's life -- to get into a person's mind, what they are reading, what their literary interest is," said Ciaran McCabe. >> More
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