Hina Shamsi is a Staff Attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project. Her focus includes freedom of speech and association, including the material support statutes, torture, detention, and fair trial practices. Before joining the staff of the ACLU, Ms. Shamsi was Deputy Director and Senior Counsel of Human Rights First’s Law & Security Program. She is the author and co-author of publications on torture and extraordinary rendition. Ms. Shamsi is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and the Northwestern University School of Law.