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The ACLU is known for going after the [[U.S.]] government with absolutely no evidence to prove otherwise, ACLU v. [[AT&T]] 2007. Though when it comes to actual data breaches and data abuse against a U.S. citizen, '''the ACLU is missing.''' Joe Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. ''Joe the Plumber'', had his personal and confidential records investigated without reason, by Democratic officials in Ohio, "[[Big Brother]]". <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Nov21/0,4670,JoeThePlumberRecords,00.html 4 more punished over 'Joe the Plumber' searches] Fox News, November 21, 2008</ref> Honest speculation is that the ACLU consists of partisan Democrats and ''Joe the Plumber'' was a [[Republican]], during a presidential election season. Questions remain and we can only guess as to their reasoning, their silence is deafening.
The ACLU is known for going after the [[U.S.]] government with absolutely no evidence to prove otherwise, ACLU v. [[AT&T]] 2007. Though when it comes to actual data breaches and data abuse against a U.S. citizen, '''the ACLU is missing.''' Joe Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. ''Joe the Plumber'', had his personal and confidential records investigated without reason, by Democratic officials in Ohio, "[[Big Brother]]". <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Nov21/0,4670,JoeThePlumberRecords,00.html 4 more punished over 'Joe the Plumber' searches] Fox News, November 21, 2008</ref> Honest speculation is that the ACLU consists of partisan Democrats and ''Joe the Plumber'' was a [[Republican]], during a presidential election season. Questions remain and we can only guess as to their reasoning, their silence is deafening.
==Privacy Rights==
*Despite accusations during the 2008 Presidential campaign that the ACLU failed to come to the aid of Joe the Plumber, the Ohio chapter of the ACLU was ''deeply disturbed to hear that state officials approved the use of government databases to obtain information about Joseph Wurzelbacher.'' In an open letter, the executive director of the ACLU of Ohio stated, ''our leaders must create better safeguards against unfair breaches of our privacy.'' <ref>http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2008/10/government_snoops_have_no_righ.html#more</ref>
*ACLU of Florida filed a "friend-of-court" motion on behalf of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh arguing state officials were wrong in seizing his medical records for their drug probe. The ACLU contended law enforcement officers violated Limbaugh's privacy rights when they confiscated his medical records as part of their criminal investigation into his alleged doctor-shopping. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108140,00.html</ref>
*The ACLU in conjunction with the American Conservative Union, American Library Association, Gun Owners of America, Republican Liberty Caucus, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Free Congress Foundation, and approximately 40 other organizations ran a full page open letter advertisement in the Washington Times urging the committee on intelligence reform to remove the national ID provisions from the 9/11 intelligence reform legislation. The ACLU claims, ''we all want a country that is as safe as possible, but 'Big Brother' provisions such as a national ID card would only serve to restrict our freedoms and invade our privacy and do nothing to ensure our security.'' <ref>http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/18761prs20041115.html</ref>
==Abortion==
==Abortion==