The American Civil Liberties Union was organized in the 1920s to ________
a. defend individuals against the hysteria of "red scares"
b. defend FBI's assault on citizens' privacy rights
c. support "dirty tricks" by law enforcement agencies
d. support wiretapping by federal agencies
e. support surveillance by governmentofficials
A
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