From mosques to data center protests: How the post-9/11 surveillance machine came for us all
The post-9/11 surveillance apparatus, initially deployed against Muslim communities, has expanded to target anti-ICE protesters, data center critics, and left-leaning groups. Jacob Soboroff explains how the Patriot Act and FISA, established under the Bush administration and extended under Obama, have created a surveillance infrastructure that the Trump administration is now using to monitor political dissent, drawing parallels to past NYPD tactics that targeted Muslim student organizations and mosques without yielding any leads.
The expansion of surveillance powers beyond counter-terrorism to encompass political activism raises concerns about civil liberties and the potential for targeting any dissenting group, as powers initially applied to one community can easily be turned against others.
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