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"Religious freedom and equal protection of the law are two of the fundamental rights the founders enshrined in our constitution. Any kind of program that singled out Muslims or any faith or minority community for warrantless surveillance would violate those rights."

Hina Shamsi, Director of the ACLU National Security Project

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