Bio
Christopher Anders () is the Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Democracy and Technology of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û's National Political Advocacy Department. Since joining the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û legislative team in 1997, Anders has represented the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û on a wide range of civil liberties and civil rights issues. Since 2006, he has led a national coalition of human rights, civil liberties, and religious groups working on detention and Guantanamo issues. He also has served as a human rights observer at military commission proceedings held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Prior to joining the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s Washington office, Anders spent 11 years with Washington law and lobbying firms.
Featured work
Jun 8, 2018
Senators Corker and Kaine Want to Give President Trump the Authority to Wage Worldwide War
May 3, 2018
Senators Have a New Plan to Expand Indefinite Detention and Endless Global War
Apr 13, 2018
Don’t Let Congress Give Trump a Blank Check to Declare Worldwide War
Mar 14, 2018
What the Senate Needs to Know ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Gina Haspel
Sep 8, 2017
Trump’s Tweets Threaten North Korea, but Only Congress Can Declare War
Jul 27, 2017
Leave It to Donald Trump to Come Up With the Wrong Way to Fire and Replace Jeff Sessions
Jul 13, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Once Again Shows His Contempt for Transparency
Jul 12, 2017
Christopher Wray Has a Troubling Record on Civil Liberties
Jun 2, 2017
Let’s Hold Jeff Sessions Accountable For His Role in Thwarting Justice
Jun 20, 2016
The Use of Error-Prone and Unfair Watchlists Is Not the Way to Regulate Guns in America