aaaand finally, a week later, the ACLU issues its half-hearted comment, prefacing itself with all the weaselly outs it can;
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-comment-fbi-raid-project-veritas-founderQuote
“Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all. Nevertheless, the precedent set in this case could have serious consequences for press freedom. Unless the government had good reason to believe that Project Veritas employees were directly involved in the criminal theft of the diary, it should not have subjected them to invasive searches and seizures. We urge the court to appoint a special master to ensure that law enforcement officers review only those materials that were lawfully seized and that are directly relevant to a legitimate criminal investigation.”
No condemnation, no calling out the obvious violations of the 1st, 4th and 5th amendments. No comment on how they leaked to the NYT privileged communications. Just a call for a 'special master', you know, that paper thin pretense of legitimacy that allows them to continue leaking freely while lying to a judge.
After they pierced attorney client privilege and gave memos to an adverse party in ongoing legal proceedings. Imagine if Planned Parenthood was to abortion rights what the ACLU is to civil liberties. Imagine Planned Parenthood responding to the Texas abortion law by saying dumb sluts should stop getting knocked up, but they should get access to adoption services while awaiting their forced births.