FBI sued over alleged spying

IRAN: A leading US Muslim organization has filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly spying on local mosques in America.

The lawsuit, filed in a California court by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), accused the FBI and its seven employees of violating the first amendment rights of hundreds of Muslims. On behalf of three Muslim plaintiffs, CAIR and ACLU charge that the FBI informants infiltrate, monitor and record conversations in several California mosques in an attempt to root out “potential terrorists.” “The FBI should be spending its time and resources investigating actual threats, not spying on every American who happens to worship at a mosque,’’ said a staff attorney for the ACLU.

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