The ACLU stands for civil liberty. Civil liberty is about protecting the rights of individuals from the government and other powerful actors. In this case, the

The ACLU stands for civil liberty. Civil liberty is about protecting the rights of individuals from the government and other powerful actors. In this case, the privacy of individual officers is being threatened by the government. One might argue that on-duty police shouldn't have privacy, that society benefits from transparency. But that's not the job of the ACLU. Personally I respect their ideological consistency. It reminds me of Richard Stallman; even when I disagree with him, I'm glad he's out there doing what he does.