Amy Goodman
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Spied on for Being Muslim? NSA Targets Named in Snowden Leaks Respond to U.S. Gov't Surveillance
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5:38Now PlayingA new report by The Intercept has identified five prominent Muslim Americans who were spied on by the National Security Agency. It cites an NSA spreadsheet leaked by Edward Snowden that shows nearly 7,500 email addresses monitored between 2002 and 2008, including addresses that appear to belong to foreigners the government suspects of ties to alQaeda, along with Americans accused of terrorist activity. But it also lists the email addresses of a former Republican operative and onetime political candidate, a professor at Rutgers University, and the head of the largest Muslim civil rights group in the country. We speak with Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter Glenn Greenwald, who broke the story for The Intercept based on documents leaked by Snowden. "The only thing they really had in common is that they are all politically active American Muslims," Greenwald says. "And that seems to be enough in the intelligence community to render these people suspicious." We are also joined by two people Greenwald names in the articleAsim Ghafoor, a prominent civil rights attorney who has represented clients in terrorismrelated cases; and Faisal Gill, an attorney and former senior policy director with the Department of Homeland Security. When asked what needs to be done in response to the revelations, Gill argues Congress should step in and exercise its authority over how the FISA courts approve surveillance. "In our cases I don't think there is probable cause ... so the entire system needs to be examined," Gill says. "What happens is you paint somebody with a broad brush and they're tainted for life ... Nobody wants a lawyer that the government suspects of being involved in these type of activities."
Listen to our full discussion with investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald and two Muslim Americans featured in the article
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