Sand in Trump's Gears: Lessons from America

<p>This week we&#39;re talking to Ben Wizner from the American Civil Liberties Union about what the ACLU have been doing in the first year of Trump&#39;s second term, what the difference is between this time and last time, and how an earth they can keep up. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li>ACLU report: <a href="https://www.aclu.org/campaigns-initiatives/aclu-vs-trump" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.aclu.org/campaigns-initiatives/aclu-vs-trump</a></li><li>Kyllo case: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States</a></li><li>Underground Empire book: <a href="https://henryfarrell.net/underground-empire-2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://henryfarrell.net/underground-empire-2/</a></li><li>Swift work between PI and ACLU: <a href="https://privacyinternational.org/blog/1355/pi-and-aclu-show-swift-auditor-has-extensive-ties-us-government" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://privacyinternational.org/blog/1355/pi-and-aclu-show-swift-auditor-has-extensive-ties-us-government</a></li><li>Yale lectures on National Security law: <a href="https://epe.yale.edu/videos/above-law-or-beneath-it-how-national-security-law-subverts-accountability-and-weakens-0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://epe.yale.edu/videos/above-law-or-beneath-it-how-national-security-law-subverts-accountability-and-weakens-0</a></li><li>Asylum for White South Africans: h<a href="" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/trump-refugee-admissions-white-south-africans.html</a></li><li>FISA reauth: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2026/01/29/nsa-702-fisa-surveillance/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://theintercept.com/2026/01/29/nsa-702-fisa-surveillance/</a></li></ul>