Commentary ACLU Comment on President Obama’s National Security Speech by Gary Kopycinski on May 24, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013. Below is a statement from Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, on President Obama’s national security speech yesterday: