EMBARRASSING REVELATIONS:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/18/national/18aclu.html?
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The American Civil Liberties Union is using sophisticated technology to
collect a wide variety of information about its members and donors in a
fund-raising effort that has ignited a bitter debate over its leaders'
commitment to privacy rights.

Some board members say the extensive data collection makes a mockery of
the
organization's frequent criticism of banks, corporations and government
agencies for their practice of accumulating data on people for marketing
and other purposes. . . .