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Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Islamic Charity Sues Over Illegal Wiretapping
Three related stories in the Washington Post reveal how the NSA spying program was used by the government to listen in on conversations between an Islamic charity and their American lawyers.

NSA Sued on Wiretap Claim CBS News
Wednesday, March 1, 2006; 2:01 AM

Saudi Group Alleges Wiretapping by U.S. Defunct Charity's Suit Details Eavesdropping
By Carol D. Leonnig and Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 2, 2006; A01

Paper Said to Show NSA Spying Given to Post Reporter in 2004

By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 3, 2006; A04




OpEd on Closing of Muslim Charities
The Crime of Being a Muslim Charity
by Laila Al-Marayati and Basil Abdelkarim Sunday March 12, 2006 Washington Post

The writers, both physicians, are board members of KinderUSA, a Muslim American nonprofit humanitarian organization.

"Under former attorney general John Ashcroft, American Muslim charities were closed as part of the charade to make the American people believe the government was disrupting terrorist financing. Today, under Alberto Gonzales, the message is that Muslim Americans will be punished if they want to help Palestinians. Either way the assault on our charities is not about the safety and security of the American people but about politics."


Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 11:02:03 AM




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