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ACLU sues FBI After Agency Interviews 13,000 Muslims

HeadlineOct 25, 2004

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the FBI to get more information about the agency’s questioning of thousands of Muslims ahead of this year’s elections. The FBI has admitted it has conducted 13,000 so-called voluntary interviews this year as part of an effort to disrupt any election-year attacks. The ACLU is seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act to find out how the FBI chooses who it subjects to interviews.

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