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ACLU: FBI Illegally Monitored Muslim Religious Activity

HeadlineMar 28, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union has released records showing the FBI’s San Francisco division collected information on Muslim religious activities protected by the Constitution. The FBI is banned by law from keeping records on people’s religious practices unless there is a clear law enforcement purpose. But the ACLU said documents show the FBI violated that law and secretly stored records on Muslim religious groups.

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