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U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is asking federal authorities to investigate the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities in New Jersey.
The New Jersey senator sent a letter Thursday to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and CIA Director David Petraeus, saying he is deeply concerned by reports from The Associated Press that show the NYPD conducted widespread surveillance of Muslims in Newark and monitored Muslim student groups at Rutgers University and other Northeast colleges.
The letter asks whether appropriate procedures and protocols were followed with regard to informing New Jersey law enforcement officials.