U.S. Department of Justice Continues to Cloak Public Access to Guidelines on FBI Surveillance

Muslim Advocates files amended complaint in federal court to protect religious freedom

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) October, 15 2009-- After a lawsuit filed by Muslim Advocates--a national legal advocacy and educational organization--the U.S. Department of Justice released a heavily redacted version of the FBI's Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines (DIOGs), which sanction racial and religious profiling of law-abiding Americans and infiltration of mosques and other religious and political gatherings. In response, late yesterday, Muslim Advocates filed an amended complaint, asserting that critical passages on gathering data on racial and religious communities and mosque infiltration in the DIOGs were redacted, and need to be made public.

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Click here for a copy of the complaint.

Politico, the Washington, DC daily blog/newspaper, has been following the suit and the FBI's response. The Christian Science Monitor considers Muslim Advocates' suit as it relates to FBI surveillance in the ongoing Najibullah Zazi case in Denver and New York.

Muslim Advocates Report Documents Harassment of American Muslims by Federal Agents at U.S. Border, Airports

In a recently-released report, Unreasonable Intrusions: Investigating the Politics, Faith & Finances of Americans Returning Home, Muslim Advocates documents the systematic and widespread practice of federal agents interrogating Americans returning home after overseas travel at our nation's borders and international airports. Given President Obama's pledge to restore the rule of law, the treatment of Americans returning home is ripe for review and reform.

View a map of Americans interrogated at our borders and airports.

Click here to download the full report.