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we don't, at the aclu have a problem with the first kind. it's the second kind of deployment raising questions. certainly fourth amendment questions down the road. we should not, in the united states, live in a society in which police departments, people that live in your city or down can potentially look up the information that was discovered was searched for. >> if i can interject. has the aclu documented real problems with alpr technology being misused in the fashion that you are talking about, the second concern you raise? >> yes, sure. first of all, i mean, retention of the data is an abuse. that may not be so easy for a lot of people to accept. it's the kinds of abuses that this woman was subject to when someone queried her data. holding on to the data is abusive. you give people access, you don't know who they are. >> some states are holding on to the data. others are not holding it at all. is that a problem that there's a patchwork of laws? >> the real problem is there's no regulations. that's the problem. we have new hampshire which

so aclu's intent on making our case before lawmakers, we're confident as people become more aware ofhe risks and benefits that government policies will reflect a clear system that can protect personal privacy, a fundy mental right to many people. >> are you afraid that this will hinder development. >> the technology is growing faster than the regulation. and faster than for example, the privacy issues, we need to deal with those up front. but i don't think it will hinder, it's just a matter of actually marrying both of them to make sure that we're doing -- our technology and our research in concert with preserving privacy issues. >> depending on who you ask everyone's reaction is different. i know folks in your circle are pretty excited. what are your colleagues the most excited about? >> for us in hawaii, it's the precision agriculture. it's the perfect tool for us, because it's not like iowa or kansas where the fields are very large. the fields are very small. and we have viruses, for example the banana virus, where even a helicopter cannot get into these fields, because they are w

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, idaho and said the aclu would like to assist. after that, the aclu has a mixed history early on that opposed the equal rights amendment because it was afraid that the legislation that women were threatened by the equal right movement, but after sally reed's case, they decided to start a women's rights project, so from 1972 until 1980, i spent most of my time -- >> did you -- i know you have written and spoken about this. how much did being a woman affect what you were able to do and you were arguing cases before the court? >> the women of my generation had to overcome certain obstacles. by then it was not ok to make indulgent jokes on race or religion, but women were fair game. i will give you one example. i was arguing before a federal court in new jersey, and they said, i understand women have made great progress. they even have equal opportunity in the military, and i said women are not allowed to have flight training. the judge responded, don't tell me that. women have been in the air always. i know that from experience with

interestingly, the aclu says it is not entirely opposed to this technology.t think that there need to be tough regulations for not just governments but also businesses now using it because they tell me, believe it or not, companies using it kind of make up their own rules at this point. and if the information captured is stored in a database over an extended period of time, listen -- >> they're increasingly dense networks. where people go can reveal a great deal about them. their visits to the doctor's office, where they worship, who their friends are. >> that's exactly why the aclu would like to see some kind of formal legislation introduced governing the use of these systems as they are becoming more and more widespread all around the country, gretchen. >> sign ft of times. casey, thank you. >>> new allegations about the less-than-stellar rollout of healthcare.gov, raising questions about who in the white house knew what and why it got pushed through despite all the problems. >>> and a major update in a story we've been covering exclusive on "the real story

said the aclu would like to assist. aclu has a mixed history early on that opposed the equal rights amendment because it was framed to protect the that women were threatened by the equal right women, but after sally reed's start aey decided to women's rights project, so from 72 until 80, i spent most of my time -- haved you -- i know you written and spoken about this. how much did being a woman affect what you were able to do and you were arguing cases before the court? >> the women of my generation had to overcome certain obstacles. ok to make indulgent buts on race or religion, women were fair game. i will give you one example. i was talking to a federal court in new jersey, and they said, i understand women have made great progress. opportunity in and i said women are not allowed to have flight training. the judge responded, don't tell women have been in the air always. i know that from experience with my own wife and daughter. say, you you don't sexist pig. you want to win the case. if you got angry that would be se

we have a subway bombing in britain, 77 but he was constrained by their version of the aclu. i think he came to a point where he was unable to deport any of them. we want everybody to come to america under the law in an orderly fashion and we used to have the irish and the poles and the germans and others who came and assimilated. they wanted their children to learn english. they loved america and they wanted them to learn. we are now hyphenated americans. we'll be goldberg said i'm not an african-american. i'm an american. yes, she gets that that's exactly right that we are all hyphenated now imports of subgroups. that's the kind of thing is harmony our country. >> host: when it comes to the civil rights movement and you touch on the distinction between dr. king and dr. abernathy and jesse jackson and al sharpton the different eras but you acknowledge that if you go back to the founders and slavery in the constitution and look at most of the history of the country where legal segregation was the law you say well that's wrong but change was needed but in most of the areas you

the aclu support it because it allows the public monitoring of the government instead of the other way around. in rialto california, they worked with cambridge to do a study of the effectiveness on officer camera. the use of force has decreased by 59 percent when the body cameras in space. the complaints decreased by 85 percent. just to commute with chief today, he says he's working to equip plain clothed officer 85 percent. just to commute with chief today, he says he's working to equip plain clothed officer with cameras, but he says funding it is cost prohibitive. i'm calling for a hearing to review this issue. and in addition to the police department, i'm requesting that the controller help with conducting a cost benefit analysis to compare the cost of the cameras with potential savings from reduced citizens complaints and the lawsuits. i'm requesting to have funding that might come from homeland security. the last inquiry will go to the police department and dem and exploring mounting police are body cameras and a cost analysis. the intent to make sure that we can actually have a t

you mention jesus, you have got the aclu pinhead right down your nose. it's wrong and it's hurting the country. i will give you the last word. >> listen, bill, i don't think it goes that far. i think what we are trying to do is create a more open and diverse learning system for our students. that goes beyond just teaching about jesus. opens up to other religions and other viewpoints that's what we -- in this country to. go to say all progressives is seq. secularists that's not true. i'm a big christian. i also understand that christianity is not commonplace in the classroom. >> i don't think christianity should be, but i think the teaching of the philosophy is imperative. mr. fowler, i have enjoyed the conversation. thank you. directly ahead, drugs involved in the fort hood shooting. we will tell you what we know. later, our mad as hell segment. >> is that what you are telling me! >> those reports upcoming. man: i know the name of eight princesses. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, bec

. >> fault lines has obtained from the aclu office, emails from the ice leadership in washington to the atlanta office pointing out that they are 12 hundred deportations behind where they were the previous year. completely worried about making their quota. >> the email reads: 'please implement your initiatives and reallocate all available resources.' >> and then this is the kicker: "the only performance measure that will count this fiscal year is the criminal alien removal target." >> a year later obama lauded the results. >> we focused enforcement efforts on criminals who are here illegally, who endanger our communities. and today, we deport more criminals than ever before. >> dan martinez has been studying how the government has expanded the list of deportable offenses. >> we need to be really careful when we hear these, in the media, when we hear reports of the number of criminal aliens being removed... what does that mean? what does it mean to be a criminal alien? >> we picture people who rape, murder, rob, burglarize, assault. however there's an important piece of legislation in 19

investigators say after the gun fight he was planning to go to san francisco to kill the leaders of the aclu and a nonprofit organization that works toward social change. >> two of five suspects arrested in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy in campbell park are expected in court. it stems from a fight with a homeless man. the man, john that were, stabbed the victim ivan diaz to debt. the suspects range in age from 17 to 20, the d.a.'s office is using california law called the provocative act doctrine to charge diaz' friends with his murder. >> it's our responsibility to charge them and hold them liable for the death of that young man. >> they didn't murder him. those were his friends. why would they want harm on him. >> those arrested deny their school mates are in a gain. they are upset that that were was let go without being charged. >> a man on a bike caught opening an electrical box and cutting the wires tuesday night. what he does, knocks out the street lights. neighbors are making sure the culprit knows he was caught on camera with a sign in the electrical box. it's believ

so this is a huge win, the aclu and advancement project were counsel in this case.now what we're going to be able to do is to use this decision, and in fact, next week, advancement project has a brief due in our case north carolina and we'll be able to rely on this decision. >> are you hopeful? >> i'm very hopeful. i think this judge set out a road map for other courts and actually said, in fact, if they went back and tried to alter that law in wisconsin, he can't imagine a situation in which, in fact, they could get around the voting rights act. >> do you agree with that? are you hopeful or optimistic that there's a pattern of judicial decision make welcome a precedent here that the federal government and protecting constitutional rights say they'll have a right to vote and you can't use extraordinary means to demand that they show things that they may not have in their possession like a driver's license? >> we're really optimistic, chris. there are pending voter i.d. challenges in other federal courts right now, in texas and north carolina, as judith mentioned. an

told investigators he was on his way to san francisco to shoot people at the tides foundation or the aclu when officers pulled him over for driving erratically. he then got into a shootout with police. the jury convicted williams of four counts of attempted murder on a peace officer. >>> in a new milestone in the work to bring down the old eastern span of the bay bridge. crews now in the process of removing steel beams piece by piece. we are told it is going to be a few weeks before you will be able to look straight through a gap in the old bridge. the demolition is happening in roughly the reverse order of how the span was built 77 years ago. >>> bart giving riders a chance to test out their new fleet of cars before they roll out in 2015. some of the features include the cars will be quieter. the padded seats will be covered in wipable fabric making them easier to clean. they will have the new cars on display on april 16th. the only complaint so far is that the interior color scheme is blue and green which is the colors of the seattle sea hawks. >> that's got to change. >> let's just say

he told investigators he was on his way to san francisco to attack the tied foundation and the aclu in hopes of starting a riot. when chp pulled him over the battle started. >>> neighbors are shocked after reports a 30-year-old man was tied up, pepper sprayed and robbed yesterday afternoon. the victim said one of the two men had a gun. neighbors are paying attention to police warnings to be careful. >> it could always happen again in this neighborhood or somewhere else. there are lot of kids in the neighborhood. it is scary. >> they made off with cash and julie. police are asking anyone who has information to call them. >>> people in one san jose neighborhood are fed up with a copper thief so they are taking matters into their own hands. the thief stole wires three times in the last four weeks. neighbors focused their surveillance cameras on the sidewalks and street lights to catch the thief and it worked. the man road up and cut the wires to every pedestrian light on the street. neighbors then called san jose police and the department of transportation. they also gave the thief notice

aclu's cargo couldn't have made it hard for the ship to regain balance. international experts have been working to bring in syria of chemical weapons stockpile by the government now un security council members are looking into an agent that wasn't previously on their radar. chlorine gas. council members have heard allegations that the gas was used in attacks this month in the central syria. more than one hundred people in areas outside the city of hamas reportedly suffered choking coughing and other breathing problems representatives at present the kerala fed govt in to opposition forces have accused each other of exposing them to chlorine gas last year. syria's leaders admitted the details of their chemical arsenal to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. chlorine gas was not on the list. nigeria's ambassador to the un is the current security council present. his call for an investigation. so the suspense good sign. thus i need a separate parts of the use of cloning tax. fear is ambassador bridge from safari has denied any involvement

also on the board of [speaker not understood] aclu of northern california. i worked on social justice issues since graduating from college in 1994 and i have rarely if ever worked with a person with such extraordinary commitment, passion, dedication and skill set as angela chan. i met her in 2008. we've worked together for seven years. and if you recall in 2008, under federal pressure the city started transferring undocumented youth to ice. angela was part of an extraordinary coalition building moment that worked with the supervisors to change the sanctuary policies to protect youth. it required tremendous bridge building skills and that's one thing that has not come across enough tonight, that angela's skills in building bridges among different communities to get effective and successful legislation passed. i support angela. thank you. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, dean ito taylor, executive director pacific islander legal outreach. i am here to support victor hwang. no one in my over, almost 40 years of providing social justice services in san francisc

we will speak with the aclu which sued for the document. then, silence. thehe only other check on secrets of the government, the only other place to articulate what is at stake for me personally as american or what were the larger stakes for america was the court of public opinion. that's how far would you go to tell the truth? that's a question posed by a new documentary that follows three national security whistleblowers who fight to repeal the darkest corners of america's war on terror. but first, for american muslims are suing the government for placing them on the u.s. no-fly list after they refused to be government informant. we will speak with one of the men placed on the list. all that and more coming up. to democracy now, democracynow.org come of the war and peace report. amy goodman.'m a federal court has ordered the government to release parts of the legal memo that provide elite the rational -- it will whiten the -- criteria for clemency. the fair sentencing act of 2010 and reduced sentencing disparities between users of crack cocaine and powd

isn't like we will actually see the tide turned in their favor with the help of organizations like the aclu four for instance will actually change we believe we really don't want to use guide to the three men seeking comment can you keep doing a painting return to winning the united states and across the world. international attention as you mentioned we actually got a call from spain where the images would you do it. the kitchen. to them. any nation on detainees we got an immigration detention center where people went on hunger strike. so we can be that the people now an international movement and being able to get in the attic at what's happening inside the house people that i didn't get to the people that happening. it's the desecration of me. mate abandoning the united states i do something on it the pressure to change multiplication. so then you can benefit and eighteen in making money at that. very much for joining me today inside my room or a page of congo founder of the latino advocacy the fighting is part of hockey summit in the best part time players about the frustrations on each

each sheriff had not commented on this but then why is there a way or for the aclu was also representing snowdon said the government eager to cooperate in extraordinary ways the right circumstances he did not believe that the fallon evil is the right word for someone whose act of conscience has been finalized democratic oversight of the intelligence community and is leading to historic reforms to share in the past clients include lawrence frank lane a former pentagon official who was accused of passing classified documents about the us is wrong with the two pro israel lobbyists additionally he negotiated short sentences sentences for other intelligence agents accused of spying shares also gained quite a bit of notoriety as a layer of monaco polanski's legal team during the playhouse scandal on the us navy has awarded a seventeen point six billion dollar contractor general dynamics and its major sub contractor hunting ten singles industry is the largest ever need the shipbuilding contract and if that is going to go into the construction of kenmore virginia class nuclear powered attack sub

in partnership with the national lawyers guild, the aclu and lawyers committee for civil rights, we worked as part of a statewide coalition to fight racial profiling both on the state level while driving black and brown as well as on the national level by all levels of government. i left the caucus in 2001 and became the managing attorney of api legal outreach, a nonprofit devoted to serving the survivors of domestic violence, of human trafficking, of elder abuse as well as immigrant refugee communities. while at api legal outreach i continued my work on police use of excessive force and helped to form and advocate for a san jose based coalition formed around the killing of [speaker not understood] tran, a vietnamese woman shot inside her own home while using a vegetable pieler to try to make dinner for her children. in 2003 i represented the family draw of mr. she tau wu chinese american man shot in his own home near portsmouth square after his parents had called 911 in an attempt to get mental health assistance. despite the fact his home was in the heart of chinatown at portsmouth square

a trial, prosecutors argued that williams was on his way to sampras's go to attack the of aclu. >> facilekers will again rallied outside oakland mcdonald's today. this is video from a bay area protest last year. the workers will be calling for better wages outside a mcdonald's on jackson street. the protest is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. >> happening now, the fbi is now asking for your help in stopping a child predator. they said that his image was captured from >> child pornography video. officials said it is not typical for those in the child porn to show their faces. they're hoping that someone can identify him. the fbi says that the man is wearing wire frame glasses. the video was recovered door and arrest pripet >> the senate intelligence committee is expected to declassify part of a secret report on bush era interrogations' of terrorism suspects. congressional aides said that it is deeply critical of what a boring and other harsh interrogation methods, and concludes among other things in such practices provided no key evidence in the kron4 osama bin laden. the cia does u

nation's capital the mayor signs a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession the support for after the aclut looks at marijuana and arrested now faces a 60 day congressional review now we have our guests, a good to have you both here who would have imagined to that washington d.c. would be the marijuana capital? >> after washington state a and colorado but it has not worked well for them already. >> but at least theirs is medical but but with washington d.c. to decriminalize possession that will only create more problems. the reason behind that i read the article there is more african americans arrested that is ridiculous then don't possess drugs. >> the washington and colorado are not just for medical parole for recreational use because more people are getting pulled over for recreational use. lou: i cannot take them too seriously in washington d.c. if you look at the laws passed the behavior of elected officials, adding to that wonderful alchemy something like marijuana to you have announced? >> guess who has to approve this the 60 day waiting period of congress to get to pull the trigger

aclu. a left wing koergz and they come up with feel- good measures and not real solutions. >> i said the last word and there it is. >> thank you. >> and the balance of power is up for grabs in the u.s. senate and the primary for george's senate seat could be crucial for the gop. we'll look at what is at stake. >> new evidence coming from the teenager that hitched a ride from california to hawaii in a very lucky spot. >> the 16-year-old got through, how did that happen? >> you know, i think every where you go it is not 100 percent. two pretzels. put in on my capital one venture card. i earn unlimited double miles. not bad. can i get your autograph mr. barkley? sure kid. man my fans they love me. that's the price you pay for being world famous. he meant sign the receipt, fool. greg anthony. haha. hey man, could you sign my hat? he wants my autograph. earn unlimited double miles with no blackout dates from the capital one venture card. what's in your wallet? could mean less waiting for things

then also liberties groups the aclu which tried to force the government to be more transparent. then edward snowden came along. i remember june 5th, last year i remember the date well. a court order to verizon for directing the company's turnover the records of all customers to the nsa. now we know that is not the content but it was apparent this was a program of fast scope in did did stunned americans. that as a they have been worried about for so many years of the other surveillance programs from the nsa and significantly doing overseas with the data centers. so from my perspective, i start to see this debate they also forced a degree of transparency from the government. they asked them to declassify in the thousands of pages of court documents reports those that months earlier officials have been telling me is difficult to read because of the classified material. and i guess is we fallin transparent say a permanent solution behavior other in response to the disclosure one of the smartest observations from the former inspector general at the nsa and i paraphrase, with the exis

williams told investigators he was on his way to san francisco to shoot people at the tydes foundation of aclu when officers pulled him over for driving erratically. the jury convicted williams. >>> eric men mendoza's wife found him slumped over in his car. he was moving his car to avoid getting a parking ticket when someone shot him to death. >> i think he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. maybe wrong color of car. how pathetic is that. >> reporter: the neighbor is known for its gang activity but it's not known that mendoza had gang ties. >>> oakland's crime problem, that was the key issue in the first of many debates among candidates battling for the top job in oakland: current oakland major gene quan had to defend her record. ken pritchett has the story. >> reporter: because this was the first debate or that november is still a long ways out it was early. there was hardly a lack of fire exchange between the candidates. the subject quite obvious, the lack of safety. a broken relationship between the department and city hall. and the occupy movement and the destruction in oakland. som

williams told investigators he was on his way to san francisco to shoot people at the tydes foundation of aclu when officers pulled him over for driving erratically. the jury convicted williams. >>> eric men mendoza's wife found him slumped over in his car. he was moving his car to avoid getting a parking ticket when someone shot him to death. >> i think he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. maybe wrong color of car. how pathetic is that. >> reporter: the neighbor is known for its gang activity but it's not known that mendoza had gang ties. >>> oakland's crime problem, that was the key issue in the first of many debates among candidates battling for the top job in oakland: current oakland major gene quan had to defend her record. ken pritchett has the story. >> reporter: because this was the first debate or that november is still a long ways out it was early. there was hardly a lack of fire exchange between the candidates. the subject quite obvious, the lack of safety. a broken relationship between the department and city hall. and the occupy movement and the destruction in oakland. som

aclu and many others are using this to basically bolster their argument. jon: at them, thank you.enna: new details in a lawsuit against two men with the university students before she disappeared after a night of partying never to be found. and the latest on a new paper trail exposing information on the 9/11 benghazi attack that left four americans dead. ♪ woman: this is not exactly what i expected. man: definitely more murdery than the reviews said. captain obvious: this is a creepy room. man: oh hey, captain obvious. captain obvious: you should have used hotels.com. their genuine guest reviews are written by guests who have genuinely stayed there. instead of people who lie on the internet. son: look, a finger. captain: that's unsettling. man: you think? captain: all the time. except when i sleep. which i would not do here. hotels.com would have mentioned the finger. jon: new information and crime stories. colorado prosecutors accused james holmes defense attorneys of deliberately publicizing his offer to plead guilty in exchange for life sentence in order to sway potential juror

. >> it is such a small number but inordinate amount of the aclu and people like this pick up their causesll of the time. that leads me to discuss the secularism. gay marriage pretty much they won that battle. we are becoming a more secular nation. it is true we maintain a high level of religiosity. >> we are becoming more secular. that's the trend of the future is it not? >>> oo word of the day. >> i don't think these are signs of secularism. smoking pot i bet there are people who believe in god smoke pot and people who don't. i don't think it means you have become an atheist because you smoke pot. you you there is a struggle and it is between usually people of faith and secular progressives. it has the media so they are powerful. >> i don't know where to start on this. so much error so little time. i would start with the proposition somehow all of these things are permissiveness is radically increasing. i would say one of the more remarkable phenomenon of the last 30 years is the increase in opposition to apportion of young people. you would have thought together with other trends yes th

paganists and abortionis and feminists and gays and lesbians who trying to make their lifestyle the aclu, i point a finger in your face and say, you helped make this happen. he means us, darling. you and me, and the bar of the garden of eden, pass those long past afternoons. i cannot imagine my free dome as a homosexual man without women in veils, women in red chanel. women in their mire roars, women saying, honey, bunny, women saying, we'll see. women saying, if you lay one hand on that child, i swear to god i will kill you. women in curlers. women in high heels. younger sisters, older sisters, women and girls, without women, without you, darling. [applause] >> fascinated by your reference to islam. i'm always fascinated in studying spanish history how much we owe to islam. how much we forget that islam was the humanizing domination of spain for 800 years. who has so many things we enjoyed today we don't think about that come from islam. chess comes from islam. numbering system. i always tell my finance students how would you finance today's roman numeral inside can you ad xxs and dbm -

i was struck by a post written by jeff stone, who is a card-carrying member of the aclu. he is on their guys report. he is one of the members of the white house advisory surveillance panel. it is the same one that said that a program is not preventing terrorism. he said that over the months that he had -- he and other members of the panel had spent interviewing members of the intelligence community and getting to know the nsa, he came to the conclusion that the nsa employs and officials were well-intentioned and did not come to work every day wondering, whose privacy can i violate? but i have made mistakes and corrected them. he felt that they deserved americans' respect, but not their trust. he said, we should never ever trust the nsa. the distrust is essential to the foundation of democracy and holding people accountable. i thought that was a very interesting observation. it was from this member of the panel. i think it is worth thinking about in terms of the public. it really allows us to understand the issues that are at stake. we should not try to personalize or demo

. >> i bet the aclu defended you. >> they did up to a point, but because the issue involved gay rights they were torn and kind of abandoned me at the end. >> and then you went to alabama at some right wing station and then the ku klux klan got mad at you, right? >> this is the most bizarre story, it was a friend of my wife's. she and i were the only two people covering, it was a crazy klan rally, we were like the only two opposing them. we were like from new york, i never saw anything like this before. these people were bizarre. archite yeah, i took on the grand poobah -- >> that is very narrow minded. >> i have a tape somewhere. >> what i would like to hear are the tapes with you and josia williams, when he was in atlanta he used to have a relationship with the civil rights crowd. and would go help them buy turkeys for thanksgiving. and jose is still a good buddy of yours. >> well, he passed away. guys like joseph lowery, andy young, and jose williams, i really got to understand the civil rights movement. we always disagreed. they showed amazing courage, as i got to know you, you and

the aclu of oklahoma released a statement saying in part, there are function failures in -- fundamental in our execution process. if they are woog to have executions at all, they must not be conducted like hastily experiments. >> oklahoma also allows the use of a firing squad, but only if lethal injection and electrocution are found to be unconstitutional. >> in international news, ukraine is helpless to avoid the threat of invasion. pro russian militants have seized other buildings. next up, our media expert on the media and benghazi. be sure to check out the grapevine by going to my blog, by going to the daily bret.com. you can get there by going to our home page. marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. nowchoose one option fromith red lothe wood-fire grill,trios! one signature shrimp dish, and a pasta. all on one plate. three delicious choices. all for $15.99 for a l