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5 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
ACLU attorneys Ben Wizner and Steven Watt are in federal court in San Jose at 1:00 p.m. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 1:37 pm
ACLU National Security Project Litigation Director Ben Wizner, who argued the appeal in court, said: “Today is a sad day for the rule of law and for those who believe that the courts should protect American citizens from torture by their own government. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 4:11 am
"We had been hearing of so many reports of TSA screeners engaging in wide-ranging fishing expeditions for illegal activities," said Ben Wizner, a staff lawyer for the ACLU, pointing to reports of officers scanning pill-bottle labels to see whether the passenger was the person who obtained the prescription as one example. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 10:22 am
On Thursday, the ACLU will host a press-only panel at 8:30 am featuring Steven Shapiro and Ben Wizner of the ACLU, and Pamela Harris of O'Melveny & Myers. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 2:50 pm
(ACLU National Security Project staff attorney Ben Wizner attended Hamdan's trial as a human rights observer, and blogged about it here.) [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 9:51 am
Meanwhile, Ben Wizner, one of Edward Snowden’s lawyers, says Snowden regrets asking Russian President Vladimir Putin the cute little surveillance question that generated a harsh reaction from his opponents as well as some of his supporters last week. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 8:00 am
This embed will serve content from youtube.com “A Very Different World” features a submission from Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Director Ben Wizner, who illustrates the psychological impact of mass surveillance on society. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 3:37 pm
"Panelists: Moderator, David Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Amanda Frost, Associate Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law; David Rivkin, Co-Chair FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism, and Partner, Baker and Hostetler LLP; Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights; and Ben Wizner, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Program. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 8:27 am
Photo: Justice Department Ben Wizner, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer representing Padilla, said the high court’s move gives the government a blank check “to commit any abuse in the name of national security, even the brutal torture of an American citizen in an American prison.” President George W. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
Goldston, Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative Ben Wizner, Litigation Director, National Security Project, American Civil Liberties Union Moderator: Melina Milazzo, Pennoyer Fellow, Human Rights First 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 4:13 pm
" The following can be attributed to Ben Wizner, a staff attorney with the ACLU, who argued the case for the plaintiffs: "We are shocked and deeply disappointed that the Justice Department has chosen to continue the Bush administration's practice of dodging judicial scrutiny of extraordinary rendition and torture. [read post]
23 Jul 2012, 9:54 am
" The ACLU's legal team, which included Arthur Spitzer and Ben Wizner, said in court papers that "any harm caused by release of the cables has already occurred, and are entitled to summary judgment in their favor. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 11:25 am
I don’t understand why the Times has such trouble getting this right on the editorial page; its own reporters could easily fact check this stuff, or a quick call to Ben Wizner at the ACLU would spare it embarrassment. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 1:47 pm
Ben Wizner, ACLU staff attorney, dismisses this idea. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 12:01 pm
Ben Wizner, staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project, and counsel in the case, stated: “We are disappointed by the court’s decision to re-hear this case, but we hope and expect that the court’s historic decision to allow the lawsuit to go forward will stand. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 11:35 am
(For a good example of double-speak on torture, check out ACLU attorney Ben Wizner's interview of Rendition director Gavin Hood, where Ben discusses former CIA director George Tenet's famous "we don't torture" interview on 60 Minutes.) [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 7:04 am
SPT Director Ben Wizner will be moderating the panel. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 6:00 am
And while related to Lawfare’s coverage of Section 702 (recapitulated in more detail by my colleague Matthew Kahn) Timothy Edgar’s book “Beyond Snowden” garnered a lot of attention from our contributors as part and parcel of our mini-symposium: Parallel Universes: ‘Beyond Snowden’ and the Two Sides of the Surveillance Debate by Ben Wizner “Beyond Snowden” and Transparency on Section 702 by Alex Joel ‘Beyond Snowden’… [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 12:38 pm
He'll be talking to the ACLU's Ben Wizner and Christopher Soghoian. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 3:56 pm
“They’re too scary to fly but not scary enough to arrest,” quipped Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney on the case. [read post]
