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February 28, 2020

Mike Bloomberg Refuses to Apologize for Spying on Muslims
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Billionaire presidential hopeful and former New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg refused to apologize Thursday for his oversight of a secret
New York Police Department intelligence program that targeted Muslim
communities. For years, the NYPD's so-called Demographics Unit secretly
infiltrated Muslim student groups, sent informants into mosques,
eavesdropped on conversations in restaurants, barber shops and gyms, and
built a vast database of information. The program was established with
help from the CIA, even though the agency is barred from domestic
spying. The former head of the NYPD's Intelligence Division testified in
2012 that the Muslim surveillance program failed to yield a single
criminal lead. This is Mayor Bloomberg speaking to Judy Woodruff of "PBS