Criminalizing the American Arab and Muslim Communities: Dressing Up Guilt by Association as "Terror Networks"
The Biases and prejudices Guiding American National Security Research Questioning the" National Security" Research and the Researchers? Who is advising the US Government on the "War on Terror"? What is the logic behind the measures that have been inflicted on our community: massive wiretapping, delays in processing citizenship and other immigration applications, a massive "watch list," a large contingent of informers and agent provocateurs and the obsession with mosques and vocal activists and imams? The answer is usually given that the government is going by "guilt by association." Letters are written to the President and the Congress hoping to change this ugly reality. Community -law enforcement meetings are held to discuss the challenges/constitutional violations that law enforcement work is inflicting on Arab and Muslim Americans. The Architects of the Guilt by Association: National Security Policies Drafters are the Domestic Policy Version o...