New documents obtained
by the ACLU show that the FBI has for years been using Census data to
“map” ethnic and religious groups suspected of being likely to commit
certain types of crimes.
Much is
still not known about the apparent large-scale effort in racial
profiling, partly because the documents the ACLU obtained through public
records requests are heavily redacted.
The FBI maintains that
the mapping program is designed to “better understand the communities
that are potential victims of the threats,” but the ACLU says it is
plainly unconstitutional.
To
learn more about the FBI program, its implications for civil liberties
and the questions that remain unanswered, I spoke to Michael German,
policy counsel at the ACLU’s Washington office and a former FBI agent.
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