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Litigation

Feb. 25, 2011

Groups File Lawsuit Over Surveillance

Muslim leaders and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit accusing the FBI of violating the First Amendment by paying an informant to indiscriminately spy on hundreds of Southern California Muslims.


By Brandon Ortiz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Members of several Southern California mosques say they their religious communities were torn apart after a paid FBI informant spied on of them.


Speaking at a press conference Wednesday to announce the filing of a sweeping class action against the federal government alleging their First Amendment rights were violated, Islamic leaders said they fear the government is tapping their teleph...

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