so far removed from the underlying controversy or if would place an unreasonable burden on Apple. Its a safe bet Apple will make the burden argument but, according to lawyer Alexander Abdo of the ACLU, the company could also claim its too far removed for the investigation:
Date: Feb 18, 2016
Source: Google
NSA bulk collection of phone data under scrutiny as federal case opens
Alexander Abdo, an attorney for the ACLU, said the supreme court would likely have to resolve the dispute, something that legal scholars and observers on both sides of the past years surveillance debate have anticipated.
Date: Sep 02, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Obama's restrictions on NSA surveillance rely on narrow definition of 'spying'
Its noteworthy that the president addressed only the bulk collection of call records, but not any of the other bulk collection programs revealed by the media, said Alexander Abdo, an attorney with the ACLUs national security project. That is a glaring omission. The president needs to embrace st
Date: Jan 17, 2014
Source: Google
Lawmakers, privacy advocates call for reforms at NSA
The revelations make clear that our system of checks and balances has failed, said Alexander Abdo, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. Congress is not exercising meaningful oversight of the NSA, the secret court that rules on surveillance applications does not believe it has
Date: Aug 16, 2013
Source: Google
White House disputes comparisons to Bush amid leak scandal
The ultimate check on governmental overreach is the American people, said Alexander Abdo, staff attorney with the ACLU National Security Project. The government appears to have secretly given itself shockingly broad surveillance powers, thereby depriving the public of the chance to weigh in on th
Date: Jun 10, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
White House defends agency's analysis of phone records
Privacy advocates said the scope of the program was indefensible. This confirms our worst fears, said Alexander Abdo, a staff attorney with the ACLUs National Security Project. If the government can track who we call, he said, the right to privacy has not just been compromised it has been de
Date: Jun 07, 2013
Source: Google
FOIA Requests Being Denied More Due To Security Reasons Than Any Time ...
"FOIA is an imperfect law, and I don't think that's changed over the last four years since Obama took office," said Alexander Abdo, an ACLU staff attorney for its national security project. "We've seen a meteoric rise in the number of claims to protect secret law, the government's interpretations of