ACLU and Community Organizations File Legal Challenge to Patriot Act

July 30, 2003

Source: The American Civil Liberties Union

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=13249&c=206

On July 30, 2003 The American Civil Liberties Union reported that "the American Civil Liberties Union today filed the first legal challenge to the USA PATRIOT Act, taking aim at a section of the controversial law that vastly expands the power of FBI agents to secretly obtain records and personal belongings of innocent people in the United States, including citizens and permanent residents... The groups participating in the lawsuit are: Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor(MCA), which operates a mosque and school in Ann Arbor, MI; American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee(ADC), a national civil rights organization based in Washington, DC; Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), a human services organization based in Dearborn, MI that operates a medical clinic as well as a center for refugees and torture victims; Bridge Refugee and Sponsorship Services ('Bridge'), based in Knoxville, TN; Council on American-Islamic Relations, a grassroots membership organization based in Washington, DC; and The Islamic Center of Portland, Masjed As-Saber, which operates a mosque and school, based in Portland, OR."