29 ACLU Chapters Join Muslim Advocates Suit v. DOJ Over Full Disclosure of FBI Guidelines

July 27, 2010--Today, 29 state chapters of the ACLU join the national legal and educational organization Muslim Advocates in an ongoing legal effort to seek full disclosure of the unedited copy of investigative guidelines the FBI has issued to its agents.

As FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before Congress on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, Muslim Advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union urge Director Mueller to tell Congress the full story about how the agency's extraordinary tools to fight crime are being turned against millions of its own citizens, including American Muslims. Tools intended to protect the country--such as massive data collection and analysis--instead, give the FBI unprecedented and unchecked power to amass huge amounts of detailed information on innocent Americans and community groups.

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Read the Associated Press articles about Muslim Advocates' suit from July 27 and July 28 and watch Executive Director Farhana Khera discussing the guidelines on Democracy Now!

COMMUNITY ALERT: Seek Legal Advice Before Talking to FBI

The FBI is contacting Pakistani, South-Asian and other Muslim Americans to solicit information and advice about addressing violent extremism.

Muslim Advocates strongly urges individuals not to speak with law enforcement officials without the presence or advice of an attorney.

Please download the following COMMUNITY ALERT and contact Muslim Advocates if you require further assistance.

Department of Justice Continues to Cloak FBI Guidelines in Secrecy

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) January 19, 2010--In an ongoing suit, Muslim Advocates filed an amended complaint against the Department of Justice today, asserting that critical passages of its Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines (DIOGs) for FBI agents--which contain directives for gathering data on racial and religious communities and mosque infiltration--were redacted, and need to be made public.

View the disclosed version of the redacted Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines:

DIOGs Part I
DIOGs Part II
DIOGs Part III
DIOGs Part IV

View specific sections in the DIOGs that address ethnic geo-mapping of communities and the use of 'undisclosed participants' (agent provocateurs) to spy on communities and congregations

Click here for Muslim Advocates full press release.

Click here for a copy of the complaint.