ACLU Says FBI Collection of Intelligence From Mosques Violated Privacy Act

In a release yesterday, the ACLU said that documents it uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show that the FBI, thorough its San Francisco "Mosque Outreach" program, collected and stored Muslim religious leaders' and their congregants' identities, personal information and religious views and practices. The ACLU says that this violated the federal Privacy Act of 1974 that limits the ability of the government to collect and retain information about individuals' First Amendment activities. (Background ACLU memo).