Press Release: ACLU Constitution Day Tonight Features National Speakers, Release of Congressional Civil Liberties Scorecard

BOSTON - Today, the ACLU presents its Constitution Day program, "Standing Up To The PATRIOT Act, Rolling Back Real ID: How Can We Reclaim Our Civil Liberties?" The event will take place in the Rabb Lecture Hall of the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The event features three nationally known speakers:

* Barbara Bailey, Director of the Wellesley-Turner Memorial Library in Connecticut, who is one of only four people in the country who can talk about being served with a National Security Letter -- out of more than 200,000 who have been permanently gagged after getting a National Security Letter from the FBI;

* Mike German, a former Special Agent with the FBI, who infiltrated domestic right-wing terror groups and later blew the whistle on the FBI's counter-terrorism operations;

* Tim Sparapani, national ACLU Legislative Counsel, who focuses on protecting privacy and opposing abuses of government power.

In addition, the event will feature a preview clip from a not-yet-released Robert Greenwald Executive Productions film on Government Spying.

The ACLU is also releasing a Congressional Scorecard, a detailed look at how members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation have voted on 11 key "Abuse of Power" issues in the Senate and 10 in the House. The Scorecard includes a lifetime score from the ACLU on civil liberties issues, and highlights the bills that members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation have been leaders on, by sponsoring or co-sponsoring important legislation.

The Scorecard includes a lifetime score from the ACLU on civil liberties issues, and highlights the legislation that members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation have been leaders on, as sponsors or co-sponsors.

Constitution Day celebrates the rights established by the U.S. Constitution, adopted on September 17, 1787.