Justice Dept. to review NYPD over Muslim spying

February 29, 2012 by legitgov

Justice Dept. to review NYPD over Muslim spying 28 Feb 2012 Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that, months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the Justice Department is beginning a review to decide whether to investigate civil rights violations... Holder responded under questioning by Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., who as an infant was sent with his parents to a Japanese internment camp during World War II and has compared that policy to the NYPD's treatment of Muslims. Holder did not suggest that a Justice Department investigation of the NYPD was imminent. [Of course not. Integrity-free Obama has to check with his GOP overlords prior to taking action. BTW, how are those DOJ investigations into the CIA waterboarders going? Oh, that's right. They're *not.* --LRP]