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Author Carl Hiaasen read excerpts from FBI files of artists like Abbott and Costello, The Kingsmen and Rowan and Martin.

This weekend, we teamed up with once again to host 鈥淪omething to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State,鈥� a special event designed to provoke reflection on controversial post-9/11 government surveillance programs in the U.S. The event took place at the for a sold-out crowd of 700 (in fact, the event was projected on the side of a building for those who didn鈥檛 fit inside the venue!).

The event, which , featured dramatic readings from , , , , , , , , and ; a special performance by and (tha Misfit); and closing remarks by 老澳门开奖结果 attorney Melissa Goodman.

One of the most moving moments of the afternoon came when poet Nikki Giovanni was opening her reading of Langston Hughes鈥� "," and remarked that the poem read differently today than it did one week ago before Election Day.

You can learn more about the series of events by visiting www.aclu.org/somethingtohide (check back soon for video footage from the Miami event, as well as previous 鈥淪omething to Hide鈥� events in and L.A. and a toolkit on hosting a similar event in your own community!) Be sure to check out our new fact sheet 鈥� 鈥�America鈥檚 Surveillance Society鈥� (PDF) 鈥� which sheds light on the some of the policies and programs that enable the government to conduct mass, dragnet surveillance of innocent Americans.