Patrick C. Toomey

Patrick Toomey is a senior staff attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where he works on issues related to privacy, surveillance, national security prosecutions, and racial and religious discrimination. Toomey is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Nancy Gertner of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and to Judge Barrington D. Parker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Deep Dive

U.S. Courts Must Stop Shielding Government Surveillance Programs from Accountability

The NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ internet use raises serious constitutional concerns, but the government claims a lawsuit against the program would compromise “state secrets”

By Alex Abdo & Patrick C. Toomey
September 27, 2022
Deep Dive

A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance

Civil libertarian arguments that were dismissed a decade ago are now broadly accepted, even at the highest levels of the intelligence community

By Jameel Jaffer & Patrick C. Toomey
May 27, 2021

Deep Dive

U.S. Courts Must Stop Shielding Government Surveillance Programs from Accountability

The NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ internet use raises serious constitutional concerns, but the government claims a lawsuit against the program would compromise “state secrets”

Deep Dive

A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance

Civil libertarian arguments that were dismissed a decade ago are now broadly accepted, even at the highest levels of the intelligence community