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ACLU Sees Membership Surge After 9/11 By RON KAMPEAS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Whether protecting the disenfranchised or standing up for the right to offend, the American Civil Liberties Union has sided with those claiming they were wronged, even if it meant a distinctly minority stand. But since Sept. 11 and the government's expansive campaign of monitoring and detention, people are turning to the 82-year-old organization to help safeguard their liberties. Among them are conservatives who made the phrase 'card-carrying member of the ACLU' a political insult, but who now are signing up. There are now 330,000 dues-paying members, 50,000 of whom joined after the attacks....
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