US Attorney’s “Convenience Store Initiative” Probed Middle Easterners For Terror Ties | Talking Points Memo

In the period after 9/11, law-enforcement agencies around the country suddenly made rooting out anyone with possible ties to terrorism a top priority. But did one Bush appointee take that zeal too far by targeting people based on little more than an Arabic-sounding name?


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