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October 23, 2014
The domestic front of the “war on terror” has produced a sprawling counterterrorism system of policing and surveillance in the United States that stretches from NSA wiretapping to the surveillance of mosques to ballooning no-fly lists to the construction of new modes of preventive detention. These developments have also been accompanied by a sharp increase in private activities targeting affected communities with hate crimes and harassment. These developments constrain the civil liberties of Muslim-Americans, treated as objects of suspicion by neighbors and colleagues while being overtly targeted by the myriad “counterradicalization” programs adopted by police departments across the country. But the climate of fear and suspicion also extends to those who report on or criticize “war on terror” policies at home and abroad, with an unprecedented degree of pressure on journalists, investigative reporters and even academics who expose government policies to public scrutiny or critique U.S. foreign policy or American allies in the never-ending war on terror. This panel features Arun Kundnani, author of the recent book Muslims Are Coming!, which chronicles and offers a comprehensive critique of counterradicalization strategies. Mr. Kundnani is joined by Ahilan Arulanantham, who has litigated some of the most significant cases challenging government surveillance practices in Southern California, and by Yaman Salahi, who has been working to shed light on public and private efforts to restrict academic freedom.
October 23, 2014
The domestic front of the “war on terror” has produced a sprawling counterterrorism system of policing and surveillance in the United States that stretches from NSA wiretapping to the surveillance of mosques to ballooning no-fly lists to the construction of new modes of preventive detention. These developments have also been accompanied by a sharp increase in private activities targeting affected communities with hate crimes and harassment. These developments constrain the civil liberties of Muslim-Americans, treated as objects of suspicion by neighbors and colleagues while being overtly targeted by the myriad “counterradicalization” programs adopted by police departments across the country. But the climate of fear and suspicion also extends to those who report on or criticize “war on terror” policies at home and abroad, with an unprecedented degree of pressure on journalists, investigative reporters and even academics who expose government policies to public scrutiny or critique U.S. foreign policy or American allies in the never-ending war on terror. This panel features Arun Kundnani, author of the recent book Muslims Are Coming!, which chronicles and offers a comprehensive critique of counterradicalization strategies. Mr. Kundnani is joined by Ahilan Arulanantham, who has litigated some of the most significant cases challenging government surveillance practices in Southern California, and by Yaman Salahi, who has been working to shed light on public and private efforts to restrict academic freedom.
