Organizations

EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age.

The Egyptian Cultural & Educational Bureau (ECEB) of the Egyptian embassy in Washington DC is located at 1303 New Hampshire Avenue, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. ECEB building is also known as the Guy F. Whiting House (or the Whiting House), the building was constructed in 1889 and is a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District.

CREW uses the law as a tool to hold public officials and politicians accountable for unethical and illegal behavior and to bring improper conduct to the public’s attention. When we find abuses of campaign finance, ethics, tax, and other rules, CREW files complaints asking appropriate government agencies to investigate. If those agencies don’t do their jobs, we file lawsuits to compel them to enforce the law and to bring about broad legal changes to misinterpretations of the law by courts and agencies.

If you see corruption, American Oversight can help you expose it. In fact, working with American Oversight can allow you to expose information without going public with your concerns: We can request documents in our name so you are never identified.

In November 1919 and January 1920, in what notoriously became known as the “Palmer Raids,” Attorney General Mitchell Palmer began rounding up and deporting so-called radicals. Thousands of people were arrested without warrants and without regard to constitutional protections against unlawful search and seizure. Those arrested were brutally treated and held in horrible conditions.