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White House Orders Review over Anti-Muslim Racial Slurs Revealed in Snowden Leak

HeadlineJul 10, 2014

The White House has ordered a review of all intelligence training documents after leaks from Edward Snowden uncovered racial bias. The news website The Intercept has revealed the National Security Agency spied on five innocent Americans apparently due to their Muslim background and ties to Muslim causes or individuals. The report also reveals language in an NSA training manual that lists the generic name for a potential target as “Mohammed Raghead.” That’s in place of the common term used for generic names, “John Doe.” In a letter to the White House, several dozen rights groups voiced concern about a pattern of “discriminatory and abusive surveillance,” and urged “strengthened protections against the infringement of civil liberties and human rights.” We’ll have more on this story later in the broadcast.

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