Bill of Rights Defense Committee
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The national Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which encourages local communities to take an active role in the ongoing national debate about threats to civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, such as the USA PATRIOT Act, NSA warrantless surveillance controversy, and the Military Commissions Act of 2006. More than 600 local Bill of Rights Defense Committees have been created throughout the United States from Dallas, Texas to Boise, Idaho to Hawaii and Alaska. More than 400 of those local and statewide groups have achieved passage of legislative resolutions challenging the effectiveness and reported excesses of the U.S. "War on Terror." Under the leadership of Board President Chip Pitts and Executive Director Nancy Talanian, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee represents perhaps the most widespread grassroots American civil liberties movement.
The BORDC provides up-to-date information and tools to foster education and discussion, documentation, technical assistance, organizing strategies, and other support that communities can use to help protect civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution.
