September 11, 2001 attacks.

what timing huh. and dont quote me on this but i remember there being some controversy and infighting prior to him becoming the leader,

well, from the same wiki page:

During the course of his time with the ACLU, Romero has come under fire by other leaders within the organization, including board members and his predecessor, Ira Glasser. Their complaints have included assertions of his dishonesty and lack of integrity in the context of the workplace and with regard to the ACLU's work. His critics within the ACLU have launched websites such as savetheaclu.org and voicesfortheaclu.org, reporting that he "has betrayed fundamental ACLU values".[11][14]

received the 2011 margaret sanger award from planned parenthood, the baby killers

http://www.achievement.org/achiever/anthony-romero/

and beside all this, on all his public photos he looks utterly pleased with himself... i smell a narcissist!! its a common flaw among the privileged elites.

and because i must throw in some tangential dirt on the jesuits - romero - all roads lead to rome, huh? also they are all gays too, just like romero