ACLU FOIA Request Seeks To Uncover FBI "Muslim Mapping"

In a press release yesterday, the ACLU announced coordinated Freedom of Information Act requests in 29  states and the District of Columbia asking the FBI  to release records on its collection and use of information on ethnic-oriented businesses, behaviors, lifestyle characteristics and cultural traditions in communities with concentrated ethnic populations. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, an ACLU staff attorney said that it fears the FBI engaging in "Muslim mapping," the "singling out individuals for investigation, surveillance, and data-gathering based solely on their religion or ethnicity."