The Latest: Court considers secrecy over Muslim surveillance
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:07 pm, Tuesday, February 6, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on a court case involving the New York Police Department's use of a Cold War-era legal tactic to conceal information about whether it put Muslims under surveillance (all times local):
2:55 p.m.
A lawyer representing two Muslim men has told New York's highest court that the New York Police Department overstepped its reach when it used a Cold War-era legal tactic to conceal information about whether it put the men under surveillance.
Omar Mohammedi argued before the Court of Appeals on Tuesday that the NYPD improperly invoked the federal tactic in a case involving state Freedom of Information Law.
The NYPD's attorney says the department was acting properly when it said it could "neither confirm nor deny" the records even existed.
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