According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslim leaders around the country have been contacted by the FBI in what it calls a “community outreach” campaign, and in many cases mosques have been presented with a detailed list of Muslims that the FBI want to interview.
The FBI say that they hope to interview people in their homes, but will not rule out formally visiting Muslims in their workplace to obtain an interview.
Where individuals have been interviewed, they have been asked clearly political questions, including “How do you feel about the Bush administration?”, and “What do you think of U.S. foreign policy in Israel?”
Critics of the FBI plan accuse the government of sowing fear in the Muslim community, and of intimidating Muslims through fear of the consequences to themselves and their families of engaging in political activism, or even voting.
fifth FBI dragnet against Muslims since September 11th 2001 - coincides with both the presidential election campaign and the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan....The FBI maintains that the elections and other recent events warrant the measures. “We’re trying to get a feel for people in the community who are dissidents, who are anti-government,” said an FBI spokesman
“Instead of bolstering security, the FBI’s new drive is going to stop Muslims and Arabs from attending mosques during the month of Ramadan, and participating in the upcoming election...."
http://www.world-crisis.com/news/918_0_1_0_M/Note: This is not a duplicate of the thread about activities in Arizona in the run-up to the debate. This is about nation-wide activity unrelated to a single event.