New at Reason: Bill Flanigen on the ACLU's Sellout on Watch Lists

June 25, 2009

The ACLU often refers to federal terrorism watch lists as "blacklists"—which, in effect, they are. An essential component of the ACLU's complaint is that poorly managed watch lists make it easier for the government to harass or destroy innocent Muslim-American charities. For years, the ACLU has criticized those lists—as they are applied both to organizations and to individuals. But as Bill Flanigen writes, for years, the ACLU has also effectively endorsed those lists—for money.

Read all about it here.