Concerns of Surveillance Spark Calls for Hearings

May 29, 2008

Author: H. G. Reza

Source: Los Angeles Times

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A report that mosques in Los Angeles and San Diego are under federal surveillance has resurrected fears in the Muslim community about government monitoring and led two civil rights groups Wednesday to call for congressional hearings.

The request for public hearings followed a newspaper article last week that cited FBI and Defense Department files pertaining to surveillance of mosques and Muslims in Southern California.

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