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ADC Austin Section

Outlawing dissent
28-May-04 Salon.com, Michelle Goldberg,

Spying on peace meetings, cracking down on protesters, keeping secret files on innocent people -- how Bush's war on terror has become a war on freedom.

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Presence of Army agents stirs furor
14-Feb-04 Houston Chronicle, JANET ELLIOTT,

He was intimidating and was using the element of surprise to try to get information out of us, which was wholly inappropriate

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Army's look at Muslim conference irks some
14-Feb-04 Austin American Statesman, Nicolas Brulliard,

Agents sought list of people who attended UT gathering on women's issues, organizer says

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Hotel Employee Removed by Secret Service before Bush Fundraiser on the Basis of Name Mohamed
11-Dec-03

ADC is extremely concerned by the apparent discrimination against this individual, who is a United States citizen with no criminal record and a spotless employment history, which seems to be based on nothing more than having the name Mohamed.

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Arab-Americans' successful assimilation makes them difficult to count
11-Dec-03 Houston Chronicle, KIM COBB,

"And then they showed me these despicable editorial cartoons, and the astonishing and insidious blatant defamation of Arab people," Skaff said. "That's when I made the decision to self-identify as an Arab-American."

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