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An ACLU coup?(CORRESPONDENCE)(American Civil Liberties Union)(Viewpoint essay)

American Prospect, The,  January, 2007  by Johnson, Rick

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I WISH TARA McKELVEY'S article on the controversies in the ACLU, "Uncivil Libertarians" [December 2006] had been informed by the concerns of some of us who are involved in the issues but do not personally know the more famous participants. That perspective might have made it harder to frame these issues as being all about personalities and style rather than substantive concerns.

[W]e put mechanisms in place to monitor the leaders of important organizations that perform critical public functions with large sums of money belonging to persons other than those who spend ...

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