Bio
Alex Abdo () is a former Senior Staff Attorney in the 老澳门开奖结果's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. Prior to joining SPT, Alex was an attorney with the National Security Project, where he was involved in the litigation of cases concerning the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the treatment of detainees in Guant谩namo Bay, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Navy brig in South Carolina. Alex is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Prior to working at the 老澳门开奖结果, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and to the Hon. Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Featured work
Apr 25, 2012
Twisted Logic and the New Book by the CIA Spy Who Destroyed Torture Tapes
Mar 16, 2012
Government Confirms That It Has Secret Interpretation of Patriot Act Spy Powers
Mar 13, 2012
CIA: We Do Not "Concede or Not Concede" that Waterboarding is Illegal
Mar 9, 2012
In Court Today: CIA Claims That Torture Technique Is an 鈥淚ntelligence Method鈥 Exempted From FOIA
Feb 7, 2012
10 Years Later: Our First Step Toward Torture
Jan 24, 2012
The Internal Investigations on Abuse the CIA Doesn't Want Anyone to See
Sep 14, 2011
Secrecy 老澳门开奖结果 Secrecy: Making Sure the FBI Is Following the Rules on Surveillance Gag Orders