(Washington, DC) – The US Justice Department should immediately investigate the New York City police for alleged religion-based discrimination in their surveillance of Muslim communities, and make its findings public, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder recently said that the matter was “under review” at the Justice Department, but there has been no commitment to a formal investigation.
Since August 2011, The Associated Press has published several reports detailing the New York City police department’s surveillance and intelligence-gathering efforts in Muslim communities, both inside and outside the city, from 2006 to 2008. The intelligence gathering was carried out solely on the communities’ religious or ethnic profile and not on suspicion of criminal activity. Officials of New York City and New York State have refused to investigate the police over these allegations. Under federal law, the US Justice Department has authority to investigate complaints of violations of civil rights by individuals, as well as by entities that receive federal funds, such as the New York City police.
“New York City police have engaged in a pattern of surveillance of mosques and Muslim student groups without suspicion of criminal activity,” said Andrea Prasow, senior counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch. “Since New York’s mayor and the state attorney general won’t act, the Justice Department needs to step in and properly investigate these allegations of discrimination.”
A 60-page New York City Police Department report obtained by The Associated Press details a 2007 surveillance operation of Muslims in Long Island and in Newark, New Jersey. Plainclothes officers from the Demographics Unit infiltrated and photographed dozens of areas identified as “locations of concern,” including mosques, Muslim student organizations, and businesses owned or frequented by Muslims.
Using this information, the police department built databases showing where Muslims live, pray, buy groceries, and use internet cafes. The report acknowledged that intelligence-gathering efforts went beyond the department’s jurisdiction, and cited no evidence of terrorism or other criminal activity prompting the operation.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has publicly defended his police department’s actions, describing all components of the operation as “legal,” “appropriate,” and “constitutional.” He said that the police must pursue “leads and threats wherever they come from” – yet no alleged criminal activity is evident in any of the documents uncovered by the media, Human Rights Watch said.
Mayor Cory Booker of Newark has called for an independent investigation of the surveillance program, saying, “We must be vigilant in protecting our citizens from crime and terrorism, but to put large segments of a religious community under surveillance with no legitimate cause or provocation clearly crosses a line.” He said the New York City Police Department had told his police department it was entering Newark as part of an ongoing terrorism investigation, but not that it was “a blanket investigation of individuals based on nothing but their religion.”
The Associated Press also reported that New York City police monitored Muslim college students throughout the northeastern United States, including at Syracuse University, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania, during 2006 and 2007. A number of university presidents have publicly criticized the New York City police operations.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which the United States ratified in 1992, protects the rights to freedom of religious belief, expression, and association, and the right to privacy. Governments are obligated to respect and ensure to everyone the rights recognized in the ICCPR, without distinction of any kind, such as religion or other status, and to investigate any alleged violations. Responsibility to enforce the ICCPR extends to state and local authorities, as well as federal officials.
“Police should be protecting the public from religion-based discrimination, not engaging in it,” Prasow said. “A full and transparent investigation of New York City’s surveillance program would be an important first step toward rebuilding the public’s trust.”
“New York City police have engaged in a pattern of surveillance of mosques and Muslim student groups without suspicion of criminal activity,” said Andrea Prasow, senior counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch. “Since New York’s mayor and the state attorney general won’t act, the Justice Department needs to step in and properly investigate these allegations of discrimination.”
A 60-page New York City Police Department report obtained by The Associated Press details a 2007 surveillance operation of Muslims in Long Island and in Newark, New Jersey. Plainclothes officers from the Demographics Unit infiltrated and photographed dozens of areas identified as “locations of concern,” including mosques, Muslim student organizations, and businesses owned or frequented by Muslims.
Using this information, the police department built databases showing where Muslims live, pray, buy groceries, and use internet cafes. The report acknowledged that intelligence-gathering efforts went beyond the department’s jurisdiction, and cited no evidence of terrorism or other criminal activity prompting the operation.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has publicly defended his police department’s actions, describing all components of the operation as “legal,” “appropriate,” and “constitutional.” He said that the police must pursue “leads and threats wherever they come from” – yet no alleged criminal activity is evident in any of the documents uncovered by the media, Human Rights Watch said.
Mayor Cory Booker of Newark has called for an independent investigation of the surveillance program, saying, “We must be vigilant in protecting our citizens from crime and terrorism, but to put large segments of a religious community under surveillance with no legitimate cause or provocation clearly crosses a line.” He said the New York City Police Department had told his police department it was entering Newark as part of an ongoing terrorism investigation, but not that it was “a blanket investigation of individuals based on nothing but their religion.”
The Associated Press also reported that New York City police monitored Muslim college students throughout the northeastern United States, including at Syracuse University, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania, during 2006 and 2007. A number of university presidents have publicly criticized the New York City police operations.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which the United States ratified in 1992, protects the rights to freedom of religious belief, expression, and association, and the right to privacy. Governments are obligated to respect and ensure to everyone the rights recognized in the ICCPR, without distinction of any kind, such as religion or other status, and to investigate any alleged violations. Responsibility to enforce the ICCPR extends to state and local authorities, as well as federal officials.
“Police should be protecting the public from religion-based discrimination, not engaging in it,” Prasow said. “A full and transparent investigation of New York City’s surveillance program would be an important first step toward rebuilding the public’s trust.”
(New York) – New York City officials should order a full investigation into the showing of an anti-Muslim film during police training and take appropriate action against all those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.
The 72-minute documentary, “The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America,” was shown to at least 1,489 police officers on a “continuous loop” during counterterrorism training sessions for three months to a year in 2010, according to recently released police documents.
“The New York City police not only showed an offensive anti-Muslim film during training, but its leadership grossly misrepresented the scope of the problem,” said Alison Parker, US program director at Human Rights Watch. “A real investigation is promptly needed, with real results.”
The New York City police have provided false information about the showing of the film since the story broke a year ago, Human Rights Watch said. In the Village Voice article that first reported the story in January 2011, the police spokesman claimed that the film had only been shown “a couple of times.” In March, the spokesman responded to WNYC news by email saying that the video was “aired once while officers were doing paper work.” Police documents, obtained by the Brennan Center for Justice under New York’s Freedom of Information Law after nine months of effort, show this statement was untrue.
The police department’s spokesman also told the media last year that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly’s appearance in the film came from old video clips and that Kelly had no direct participation in the film’s production. However, after the New York Times recently obtained information from the filmmaker confirming that Kelly was specifically interviewed for the film, the spokesman conceded that this was the case.
Officers from the police training unit in New York told the media that they had obtained the film from the US Department of Homeland Security. The police spokesman asserted that senior police officials had not approved the showing of the film and that the decision was made by a police sergeant who has since been reprimanded. The incident follows in the wake of city admissions last year that the New York police have been conducting aggressive surveillance of Muslim American neighborhoods, mosques, and Muslim student groups in the city.
The film uses video of atrocities purportedly taken from Islamist extremist websites interspersed with interviews and clips from the United States to claim that the aim of “much of Muslim leadership here in America” is to “infiltrate and dominate” the United States. The movie was produced by the New York-based Clarion Fund, which has previously produced films about Islamist terrorism and Iran's nuclear program.
The 72-minute documentary, “The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America,” was shown to at least 1,489 police officers on a “continuous loop” during counterterrorism training sessions for three months to a year in 2010, according to recently released police documents.
“The New York City police not only showed an offensive anti-Muslim film during training, but its leadership grossly misrepresented the scope of the problem,” said Alison Parker, US program director at Human Rights Watch. “A real investigation is promptly needed, with real results.”
The New York City police have provided false information about the showing of the film since the story broke a year ago, Human Rights Watch said. In the Village Voice article that first reported the story in January 2011, the police spokesman claimed that the film had only been shown “a couple of times.” In March, the spokesman responded to WNYC news by email saying that the video was “aired once while officers were doing paper work.” Police documents, obtained by the Brennan Center for Justice under New York’s Freedom of Information Law after nine months of effort, show this statement was untrue.
The police department’s spokesman also told the media last year that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly’s appearance in the film came from old video clips and that Kelly had no direct participation in the film’s production. However, after the New York Times recently obtained information from the filmmaker confirming that Kelly was specifically interviewed for the film, the spokesman conceded that this was the case.
Officers from the police training unit in New York told the media that they had obtained the film from the US Department of Homeland Security. The police spokesman asserted that senior police officials had not approved the showing of the film and that the decision was made by a police sergeant who has since been reprimanded. The incident follows in the wake of city admissions last year that the New York police have been conducting aggressive surveillance of Muslim American neighborhoods, mosques, and Muslim student groups in the city.
The film uses video of atrocities purportedly taken from Islamist extremist websites interspersed with interviews and clips from the United States to claim that the aim of “much of Muslim leadership here in America” is to “infiltrate and dominate” the United States. The movie was produced by the New York-based Clarion Fund, which has previously produced films about Islamist terrorism and Iran's nuclear program.
The city’s response to the incident to date has been strong on condemnation but weak on action, Human Rights Watch said. Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the media on January 24, 2012, that whoever showed the film to police officers during training “exercised some terrible judgment.” He said he was unaware of who did, but, “We’ll find out.”
In a January 25 statement, Commissioner Kelly offered apologies to the Muslim community, “who would find the film inflammatory and its airing on department property, though unauthorized, to be inappropriate.” Neither official apparently made any mention of disciplinary action against those responsible for showing the film or any other steps the city would take to remedy the situation.
“The problem here is not just about the police showing an inflammatory movie,” Parker said. “Their failure to begin disciplinary action shows a serious disregard for the rights of the city’s Muslims and fuels concerns that the Muslim community is being singled out for this kind of treatment. The city needs to demonstrate that the police will not engage in discrimination.”
In a January 25 statement, Commissioner Kelly offered apologies to the Muslim community, “who would find the film inflammatory and its airing on department property, though unauthorized, to be inappropriate.” Neither official apparently made any mention of disciplinary action against those responsible for showing the film or any other steps the city would take to remedy the situation.
“The problem here is not just about the police showing an inflammatory movie,” Parker said. “Their failure to begin disciplinary action shows a serious disregard for the rights of the city’s Muslims and fuels concerns that the Muslim community is being singled out for this kind of treatment. The city needs to demonstrate that the police will not engage in discrimination.”
The New York City police not only showed an offensive anti-Muslim film during training, but its leadership grossly misrepresented the scope of the problem. A real investigation is promptly needed, with real results.
Alison Parker, US program director
(Washington, DC) – Hearings of the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security on the alleged radicalization of the Muslim American community threaten to unjustly conflate Islam with violence and encourage discrimination against a minority population, Human Rights Watch said today.
There are 2.5 million Muslims living in the United States. At a time when Muslims in great numbers in the Middle East and North Africa have risked injury and death to peacefully protest for freedom and human rights, these hearings send the wrong message, Human Rights Watch said.
“The US Congress has a powerful voice that will be heard by every Muslim peacefully demonstrating for freedom in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya,” said Antonio Ginatta, US advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “Congress should not be in the business of evaluating the patriotism or loyalty of a religious community."
The US Congress has a powerful voice that will be heard by every Muslim peacefully demonstrating for freedom in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. Congress should not be in the business of evaluating the patriotism or loyalty of a religious community.
Antonio Ginatta, US advocacy director at Human Rights Watch
The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General of the United States
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Attorney General of the United States
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Re: New York Police Department’s Religious Profiling of Muslims
Dear Attorney General Holder:
We write to urge the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the surveillance and religious profiling of Muslims based solely on religion and ethnic origin conducted by the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
Since August 2011, The Associated Press has published several reports detailing the NYPD’s surveillance and intelligence-gathering efforts in Muslim communities from 2006-2008 that were carried out solely on their religious or ethnic profile and not on suspicion of criminal activity.[1] The Associated Press reports center around the conduct of the “Demographics Unit,” a unit of the NYPD that it at one time denied existed.[2] Documents detailing the conduct were obtained by its reporters who have authenticated them through interviews with NYPD officials.
A 60-page NYPD report obtained by The Associated Press details a 2007 surveillance operation of Muslims in Long Island, New York and in Newark, New Jersey.[3] Plainclothes officers from the Demographics Unit infiltrated and photographed dozens of areas identified as “locations of concern,” including mosques, Muslim student organizations, and businesses owned or frequented by Muslims. Using this information, the police department built databases showing where Muslims live, pray, buy groceries, and use internet cafes. The report acknowledged that intelligence-gathering efforts went beyond the department’s jurisdiction, and cited no evidence of terrorism or other criminal activity prompting the operation.
The Associated Press also reported that the NYPD monitored Muslim college students throughout the northeastern United States, including at Syracuse University, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania, during 2006 and 2007.[4] A number of university presidents have publicly criticized the NYPD operations.
In one report, an undercover police officer joined 18 Muslim students from the City College of New York on a whitewater rafting trip on April 21, 2008, in upstate New York.[5] The officer included in his report the names of leaders of the Muslim Student Association who were participating. The Associated Press quoted the police report as stating: “In addition to the regularly scheduled events (Rafting), the group prayed at least four times a day, and much of the conversation was spent discussing Islam and was religious in nature.”[6]
Earlier this year, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other city officials apologized for showing an anti-Muslim film, “The Third Jihad,” repeatedly during police trainings in 2010-11,[7] but failed to take appropriate action against those responsible. An interview with NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly was included in the film.
The Associated Press reports have also detailed the involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the NYPD’s intelligence unit.[8] According to The Associated Press, CIA agent Larry Sanchez worked in the NYPD while being paid by the CIA, and played a significant role in planning and coordinating the surveillance of Muslim communities. The NYPD also sent a senior officer to be trained at the CIA training “Farm” in Virginia. Following release of the public reports, the NYPD confirmed that an additional CIA officer who has been working with the department will leave in April.
The conduct detailed by the NYPD reports and those of The Associated Press suggest violations of both domestic and international law protecting the rights to freedom of religion, expression and association as well as the right to privacy. These protections are enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which the United States ratified in 1992, and are similarly found in state and federal laws as well as the US Constitution. The US federal, state and local governments are obligated to respect and ensure to everyone the rights recognized in the ICCPR, without distinction of any kind, such as religion or other status. This includes adopting measures that may be necessary to give effect to these rights, such as investigating alleged violations. These rights are also protected by the First and Fourth Amendments to the US Constitution. The NYPD receives significant funding from the Department of Homeland Security, and the Justice Department has the authority to investigate both individual allegations of civil rights violations, as well as violations of civil rights perpetrated by recipients of federal funds.
These matters have been brought to your attention before. In September 2011, US Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey wrote to you requesting an investigation, and in December 2011, 35 members of Congress similarly wrote to request an investigation. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has declined to pursue an investigation, and Mayor Bloomberg has frequently defended the NYPD’s actions, making it clear that no state or city investigation is forthcoming.[9]
The alleged conduct by the NYPD has contributed to a climate of fear and distrust among American Muslims. Rather than protect Americans, the surveillance and intelligence-gathering by the NYPD have violated the rights of American citizens and residents. It is likely to have a negative impact on cooperation from members of affected communities who will have reason to view law enforcement officials with suspicion. The NYPD is charged with the highest duty – keeping people safe. Instead, it appears to have used its power to violate the rights of New Yorkers and others in the US in violation of domestic and international law. A full and transparent investigation into the NYPD’s past and present conduct will be an important first step towards rebuilding the trust necessary for effective law enforcement.
We urge you to conduct an investigation into these allegations immediately, and to make the findings public.
Sincerely,
Alison Parker
Director, US Program
Human Rights Watch
Director, US Program
Human Rights Watch
Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Muslims,and Those Perceived to be Arab or Muslim after September 11
Public officials tried vigorously to contain a wave of hate crimes in the United States after September 11, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Nevertheless, anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States rose 1700 percent during 2001. The report documents anti-Arab and anti-Muslim violence and the local, state and federal response to it. The forty-one page report, “We Are Not the Enemy,” draws on research with police, prosecutors, community activists, and victims of hate crimes in six cities (Seattle, Washington; Dearborn, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix, Arizona; and New York, New York) to review steps taken by government officials to prevent and prosecute hate crimes after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. The report also examines the scope and extent of these hate crimes, which included murder, assault, arson, and vandalism. “Government officials didn’t sit on their hands while Muslims and Arabs were attacked after September 11,” said Amardeep Singh, author of the report and U.S. Program researcher at Human Rights Watch. “But law enforcement and other government agencies should have been better prepared for this kind of onslaught.”
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/11/14/we-are-not-enemy
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/11/14/we-are-not-enemy
وقد كشف النادى المصرى الأميريكى التقارير السرية التى حملت معلومات عن وسائل المراقبة للمصريين وخاصة الأسلاميين المتواجدين هناك ومتابعتهم سرا بكل وسائل المراقبة
والأن الى التقارير السرية بالصور حصريا
مصادر: الاستخبارات الأمريكية تراقب ''تويتر'' بمصر يوميًّا
كشفت وكالة "أسوشيتد برس" الأمريكية للأنباء أن وكالة الاستخبارات الأمريكية "سي. آي. إيه" تراقب أكثر من 5 ملايين تدوينة قصيرة يوميًّا على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي "تويتر" في جميع الدول، ومن بينها مصر، مضيفةً أن الوكالة تمتلك مركزًا خاصًّا بذلك يقوم برصد جميع التدوينات لعمل تقرير معلوماتي وتسليمه للرئيس الأمريكي باراك أوباما يوميًّا.
وأشارت الوكالة في تقريرها إلى أن الوكالة تمتلك مركزًا خاصًّا في مبنى متواضع بحديقة صناعية مجهولة في ولاية فرجينيا، اسمه "Open Source Center"، مؤكدةً أن ذلك المركز "توقع حدوث انتفاضة في مصر، لكنه لم يتنبأ بموعد الثورة بالتحديد".
ونقلت الوكالة عن مدير المركز دوج ناكوين أن المركز توقع قيام وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعية بتغيير قواعد اللعبة في المنطقة وتهديد النظام في مصر، موضحًا أن لديه خبراء يتقنون اللغات العربية ويتابعون كل ما يدور على "تويتر" فيما يخص الشرق الأوسط يوميًّا.
وأكد "ناكوين" أن أمهر المحللين لديه يشبه "الهاكرز" الذي يعلم جيدًا كيف يعثر على الأشياء التي لا يعلم الجميع أنها موجودة من الأساس.
وقال نائب مدير المركز - الذي رفض الكشف عن هويته كونه يعمل متخفيًا في بعض الدول -: إن مواقع مثل "فيس بوك" و"تويتر" أيضًا أصبحت موردًا رئيسًا لمتابعة الأزمات التي تتحرك أحداثها بسرعة.
وأشارت الوكالة إلى أن المركز تم إنشاؤه من قبل الـ"سي. آي. إيه" بعد توصيات لجنة "11 سبتمبر" منذ فترة.
أمريكا تراقب المسلمين فى جامعات نيويورك
كشفت تقارير صحفية تداولتها بعض المواقع الإخبارية باللغة الانجليزية عن فضيحة أمريكية جديدة.
تقوم شرطة نيويورك "NYPD" بالتعاون مع المخابرات الأمريكية "CIA" بمراقبة أنشطة طلاب جامعيين مسلمين داخل كليات المدينة، بما فى ذلك كليات "ييل" التابعة لجامعة النخبة "آيفى ليج" وجامعة "بنسلفانيا"، و"بروكلين كوليدج".
وقام محققون بتتبع المواقع الإلكترونية التى يزورها الطلاب المسلمون يوميا، رغم أنه لم يتم اتهام الأساتذة والطلاب بارتكاب أى تجاوزات، وتم تسجيل أسمائهم فى التقارير التى أعدت لمدير الشرطة "رايموند كيلى"، وتضمنت التقارير التجسسية مواعيد وعدد صلوات كل طالب.
وقدم المتحدث باسم الشرطة "بول براون" قائمة تضم اثنى عشر شخصا ألقى القبض عليهم أو أدينوا بتهم تتعلق بالإرهاب فى الولايات المتحدة وخارجها وكانوا من قبل أعضاء فى روابط للطلاب الجامعيين المسلمين، والتى أشارت إليها إدارة شرطة شرطة نيويورك اختصارا "إم إس إيه".
وقال براون فى رسالة بالبريد الإلكترونى إنه من الحكمة التعامل بصورة أفضل مع ما يحدث فى إم إس إيه (روابط الطلاب الجامعيين المسلمين)، خاصة بعد اعتراف "جيسى مورتون"، المتورط فى قضايا إرهاب، بأنه حاول فى السابق تجنيد أتباع له فى جامعة "ستونى بروك" فى لونج أيلاند.
وأوضح أن الشرطة رصدت المواقع الإلكترونية للطلاب وجمعت معلومات متاحة للجميع، لكنها قامت بذلك فقط بين عامى 2006 و2007.
من جانبها استنكرت كلية بروكلين كوليدج بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في بيان شديد اللهجة، ما قامت به شرطة نيويورك مع المخابرات الأمريكية من تجسس على الطلاب المسلمين بالحرم الجامعي، مشيرة إلى أن ذلك يعد تهديدا للحرية الفكرية والحقوق المدنية سواء بالنسبة للطلاب أو الأساتذة.
وكان مجلس الكلية قد صوت بالإجماع، الاثنين الماضي 18-9-2011م، على قرار يدين الممارسات التي قامت بها الشرطة تجاه الطلاب المسلمين والتنصت عليهم ومراقبتهم خلال العقد الماضي.
وقال البيان: "إن استخدام عملاء سريين ومخبرين شرطة بالحرم الجامعي له تأثير سلبي على الحرية الفكرية التي تعتبر ضرورية لمجتمع أكاديمي ينبض بالحياة".
وكشفت وكالة الأسوشيتدبرس عن وثيقة يرجع تاريخها لعام 2006 أدرجت قائمة بأسماء الطلاب المسلمين المنتمين إلى بروكلين كوليدج ضمن سبع قوائم طلابية لسبع جامعات بالمدينة، تحت عناوين مثل " مجموعات متشددة" و"أصوليين".
وتضم القوائم الأخرى طلاب مسلمين بـ "هانتر كوليدج" و"لا جوارديا كميونتي كوليدج" و"باروتش كوليدج" و"سانت جونز" و"سيتي كوليدج أوف نيويورك" و"كوينز كوليدج".
وكان مجلس العلاقات الأمريكية الإسلامية وهو منظمة للحريات المدنية تمثل المسلمين الأمريكيين، قد طالب بإجراء تحقيق اتحادي وعقد جلسات استماع في مجلس الشيوخ بشأن تقرير جاء فيه أن وكالة المخابرات المركزية الأمريكية تساعد شرطة نيويورك من خلال جمع معلومات من المساجد والأحياء التي تقطنها الأقليات.
وجاء في تقرير "اسوشيتيد برس" أن ضباط شرطة نيويورك ينتشرون في أحياء الأقليات لمراقبة المكتبات والمقاهي والنوادي الليلية وأنهم يستخدمون مخبرين لمراقبة ما يحدث في المساجد.
ووصفت الوكالة التعاون بين "السي.أي.ايه" و"شرطة نيويورك" بأنه غير مسبوق، وقالت "إدارة شرطة نيويورك تعمل خارج اختصاصاتها وتستهدف مجتمعات عرقية بطريقة تتعارض مع أحكام الحريات المدنية إذا مارستها الحكومة الاتحادية".
وقال متحدث باسم الشرطة "إنه لن يعتذر" عن أساليب هجومية وقائية طورت منذ هجمات 11 سبتمبر التي تعرضت لها الولايات المتحدة عام 2001م، مشيرا إلى أن هذه الأساليب أحبطت 13 مؤامرة في مدينة نيويورك.
الشرطة الأمريكية تراقب الطلاب المسلمين في جامعات نيويورك
كشف تقرير أمريكي أنَّ إدارة شرطة مدينة نيويورك قامت بمراقبة أنشطة طلاب جامعيين مسلمين على نطاق واسع داخل كليات تقع على مسافة أبعد بكثير عن حدود المدينة.
وأوضح التقرير أنَّ الشرطة تحدثت مع السلطات المحلية حول نشاط أساتذة جامعيين على مسافة 480 كيلومترًا بعيدًا في بافالو، بل إنَّها أرسلت عميلاً سريًّا في رحلة بحرية على متن سفينة، قام خلالها بتسجيل أسماء الطلاب، وكتب ملاحظات في ملفات المخابرات التابعة للشرطة عدد المرات التي أدوا فيها الصلاة.
كما قام محققون بتتبع المواقع الإلكترونية التي يزورها الطلاب المسلمون يوميًا، رغم أنه لم يتم اتهام الأساتذة والطلاب بارتكاب أي تجاوزات، وتَمّ تسجيل أسمائهم في التقارير التي أعدت لمدير الشرطة رايموند كيلي.
وقدم المتحدث باسم الشرطة بول براون قائمة تضمّ اثني عشر شخصًا ألقي القبض عليهم أو أدينوا بتهم تتعلق "بالإرهاب" في الولايات المتحدة وخارجها وكانوا من قبل أعضاء في روابط للطلاب الجامعيين المسلمين، والتي أشارت إليها إدارة شرطة نيويورك اختصارًا "إم إس إيه".
وكشف براون أنَّ أحد المتهمين ويدعى جيسى مورتون، الذي أقرَّ هذا الشهر بأنه مذنب في التهم الموجهة إليه بنشر تهديدات على الإنترنت ضد منتجي برنامج الرسوم المتحركة "ساوث بارك"، حاول في السابق تجنيد أتباع له في جامعة ستوني بروك في لونج أيلاند.
واعتبر براون أنه "نتيجة لذلك، رأت إدارة شرطة نيويورك أنه من الحكمة التعامل بصورة أفضل مع ما يحدث فى إم إس إيه (روابط الطلاب الجامعيين المسلمين)".
من جانبها استنكرت كلية بروكلين كوليدج بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في بيان شديد اللهجة، ما قامت به شرطة نيويورك مع المخابرات الأمريكية من تجسس على الطلاب المسلمين بالحرم الجامعي، مشيرة إلى أن ذلك يعد تهديدا للحرية الفكرية والحقوق المدنية سواء بالنسبة للطلاب أو الأساتذة.
وكان مجلس الكلية قد صوت بالإجماع، يوم 18-9-2011م، على قرار يدين الممارسات التي قامت بها الشرطة تجاه الطلاب المسلمين والتنصت عليهم ومراقبتهم خلال العقد الماضي.
وقال البيان: "إن استخدام عملاء سريين ومخبرين شرطة بالحرم الجامعي له تأثير سلبي على الحرية الفكرية التي تعتبر ضرورية لمجتمع أكاديمي ينبض بالحياة".
المخابرات الأمريكية تراقب تويتر عن كثب
هل مازال لديكم شك بأن المخابرات الأمريكية تراقب تويتر؟ففي مقالة لوكالة AP تحدث بعض من مسؤولي المخابرات الأمريكية عن طبيعة عمل قسم مراقبة الشبكات الإجتماعية قليلاً.فالفريق الذي يعمل على هذا المشروع يقومون بمراقبة الكثير مماينشر على تويتر وفيسبوك بالعديد من اللغات ومن ثم يقوم النظام بربط ماينشر في الصحف او حتى ربطه ببعض المكالمات الهاتفية التي تقوم المخابرات بالتصنت عليها من أجل تكوين فكرة كاملة عن الوضع ونصح البيت الأبيض بما يمكن إتخاذه.مدراء هذا المركز قالوا بأنهم توقعوا ثورة مصر قبيل حدوثها ولكن النظام لم يصل لمرحلة تحديد الوقت او الزمن، كما أنهم قاموا بمراقبة رده فعل العالم حين أعلن عن قتل أسامه بن لادن والتي أظهر غضبا في كل من “الصين” وباكستان، وهو يقومون بمراقبة ردات الفعل على خطابات أوباما في المنطقة العربية، حيث إكتشفوا أن العرب يرون أن سياسة أوباما محابية للكيان الصهيوني ويرى الصهاينة أن محابية للعرب.
لاشك أن هناك بعض من أجهزة الأمن العربية تحاول الإستفادة من هذه الأمور أيضاً وعلى سبيل الإحتياط “أنا بحب الحكومة والله أحسن ناس”.
المخابرات الأمريكية تراقب مواقع التواصل الاجتماعية بدقة
كشفت عنها وكالة أنباء أسوشييتدبرس في تحقيق مثير لها من واشنطن, حيث أكدت فيه أن سي.آي.إيه تراقب كافة وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي على الإنترنت في مختلف أنحاء العالم,
وأشارت إلى أن فريقا كاملا من المحللين يراقب يوميا آلاف بل ملايين الرسائل والتدوينات التي ينشرها المستخدمون في شتي أنحاء العالم علي موقعي تويتر وفيس بوك بالذات, وغرف المحادثة, والمدونات علي الإنترنت, بل وكافة وسائل الإعلام في كل دول العالم, وبكل اللغات بهدف تجميع المعلومات والتقارير الحية عن اتجاهات الرأي العام نحو قضايا مختلفة.
ففي مبني سري بولاية فيرجينيا, يقوم فريق من المتخصصين بمراقبة أكثر من خمسة ملايين رسالة قصيرة يوميا بمختلف اللغات, ويتولون تحليل المعلومات التي يحصلون عليها بعد رحلة تجسس طويلة علي كل وسيلة للتواصل الاجتماعي في العالم, والتي يتخللها أيضا التنصت علي محادثات هاتفية, بما يساعدهم علي التنبؤ بالأحداث المختلفة في العالم, بداية من أجواء الرأي العام في باكستان بعد مقتل أسامة بن لادن زعيم تنظيم القاعدة, إلي التنبؤ بامكانية وقوع ثورة في دولة بالشرق الأوسط.
ويقول دوج ناكوين مدير مركز المصدر المفتوح- ذارع سي آي إيه الذي يتولي هذه المهمة- أن المركز تمكن بالفعل من التنبؤ بوقوع ثورة في مصر, ولكنه لم يعرف متي بالتحديد ستحدث هذه الثورة.
ملحوظة هامة للتوضيح
.نحن لا نخشى أحد ولا نهاب من أحد ولا يهزنا أى شىء نهائيا ومن حيث المبدأ وتحسبا لأى توتر أو أى ظروف..
كان هذا التحقيق للمتابعة وليس للعداء
أمريكا هى أمى..المسيسبى هو دمى
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والكاليفورنيا فى ملامحى
حتى لونى قمحى
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