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NYCLU sues NYPD over Muslim surveillance

The New York Civil Liberties Union on Monday sued to stop the NYPD's program of surveillance of Muslim groups and neighborhoods, alleging it violates a 1985 court decree limiting police intelligence gathering.

According to news reports cited in the Manhattan federal court lawsuit, the NYPD infiltrated mosques and student associations, looking for extremist tendencies and keeping files on people...

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