cetainly there seems to be a few 'sins of omission' from this post i have no particular axe to grind with the aclu but on reading some of the comments on this discussion page i noticed one that said the founder was a communist clearly this is important information as the aclu was formed at a time when communism was considered the pinnacle of anti patriotism in america it certainly coloured my view of the organisation and i feel it would help to bring an insight into its formation yet this is not mentioned in the article surely this is pertinent given the progressive almost anarchic political leanings of the organisation past and present i have to say from a neutral's point of view i'm from the uk so the aclu does not affect me one way or the other i'm beginning to feel that this is not a neutral article it's leaving out facts that i would like to know about