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

(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.

Muslim Advocates Issues Advisory for Travelers Under New TSA Rule

(SAN FRANCISCO) January 8, 2010--Muslim Advocates issued a legal advisory today for those traveling through any of the 14 nations listed under a new rule announced by the Transportation Security Administration on January 4, 2010.

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.

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.