'US Monitors Muslim Sites For Radiation'

Yahoo News, Australia
Saturday, December 24, 2005 10:50 am

US officials have reportedly used a top secret program to monitor Muslim sites in the country as part of a search for a terrorist nuclear bomb.

The radiation monitoring was revealed by a US online news magazine. The US News and World Report says 100 sites, including Mosques, homes, businesses and warehouses, in Washington and five other US cities were checked without court warrants.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the program comes as a "complete shock."

Spokesman Nihad Awad says America is being ruled by fear. "I'm very concerned and I would like assurances from the president that American Muslims are not black-listed,"
Mr. Awad said.

A Justice Department spokesman says FBI agents did not intrude on any protected areas without the proper legal authority.

President George W. Bush's administration has been criticised over revelations that government agencies spies on US citizens without first obtaining court orders mandated by law.

Mr. Bush, who authorised the NSA surveillance, maintains that the spying is legal, and that he has the legal authority to permit such activities.

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