Courthouse News Service

Courthouse News Service: "NEWARK (CN) - The ACLU says the FBI and Justice Department blew off its requests for documents that will shed light on the FBI's 'authority to collect, use and map racial and ethnic data in New Jersey.' The ACLU says the FBI could use its secretive authority to spy on more than one-third of the population of New Jersey.
'(M)ore than one in three New Jersey residents could be considered 'ethnic,' and their 'behaviors,' 'cultural traditions,' and 'life style characteristics' potentially could be mapped or otherwise analyzed by the FBI,' the ACLU of New Jersey says in its federal FOIA complaint.
The FBI's Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide, an internal guide on how to carry out the Justice Department's Attorney General Guidelines, 'is the subject of widespread public attention, concern and debate,' but its details have been 'shrouded in secrecy,' the ACLU says."

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