Feds Quiz Az. Muslims Before Election

[Southpaw Bookworm]

Homeland Security effort or harrassment? Discuss.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5839-2004Oct4.html

PHOENIX - With the final presidential debate in Tempe less than two weeks away, the FBI is increasing efforts to interview Phoenix-area residents, including Muslims, as part of a nationwide plan to prevent a terrorist attack before the Nov. 2 election, agents said.

Susan Herskovits, the FBI's spokeswoman in Phoenix, said this latest push aimed to increase intelligence by contacting as many people as possible - not just Muslims.


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Deedra Abboud, executive director of the local chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, disagreed, saying Muslims obviously are a focus of the FBI effort. She was called by the FBI earlier this week.

"They are contacting Muslims they've already contacted, and contacting ones they haven't met," Abboud said. "They tell us they are not using ethnic profiling - we tend to disagree, but we won't deny they are interviewing other people."

[Southpaw Bookworm]

1. Utterly self-serving kick

Or am I the only one :scared: here?

[AspenRose]

2. AZ must have a good chance of turning blue this year

Remember the journalist Cheney wouldn't let in his campaign rally due to her background?

That happened in AZ too.