NYPD Muslim Spying Lawsuit Moves Forward

""I'm laughing. I'm laughing on the phone right now," said Syed Farhaj Hassan. "That's hysterical."

That's how Hassan reacted when he heard that the New York City Police Department blames the press for exposing its Muslim surveillance program -- and not its own cops for running it.

Hassan is the lead plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit by the non-profit group Muslim Advocates over the NYPD's extension of its spying program into New Jersey. The group dropped its latest filing in the case on Friday.

For Hassan, a 36-year-old resident of central New Jersey, the case is far more serious than the NYPD's legal arguments. It gets to the heart of why he joined the Army months before 9/11 and served his country in the Iraq War."

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