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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
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."
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