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Article: Terrorism watch list irks ACLU
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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NEW YORK -- The ACLU withdrew Saturday from a program that allows
federal workers and military personnel to contribute to charities
because it requires participating nonprofit groups to check their
employees' names against a government watch list of suspected
terrorists.
The American Civil Liberties Union called the Combined Federal
Campaign's policy unconstitutional and said it would reject more than
$500,000 in donations from the program rather than submit to the
requirement, which was instituted under the Patriot Act, said Anthony
Romero, the ACLU's executive director.
Romero withdrew the ACLU from the program and said the
organization plans to sue the government over the policy. The ...