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Policing Southern California's Muslim Community
In Boston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the Obama Administration has launched a program to monitor the radicalization of young Muslims and prevent recruitment to ISIS and other terrorist groups. Does that constitute domestic spying? Has law enforcement earned the cooperation of Muslim organizations?
By Warren Olney • • 25m ListenIn Boston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the Obama Administration has launched a program to monitor the radicalization of young Muslims and prevent recruitment to ISIS and other terrorist groups. Does that constitute domestic spying? Has law enforcement earned the cooperation of Muslim organizations?
Also, Austin Beutner is now publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune as well as the LA Times. We ask him what a regional approach means for news and the business of news. And how come he's the one to interview Governor Brown?
Special thanks to Sarah Sweeney for production assistance.
Photo: Sam Teigen
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2 storiesPolicing Southern California's Muslim Community
In Orange County, four Muslim men in their 20's have been arrested and accused of trying to help the Islamic State or other terror groups in the Middle East. Two arrested last month face charges that could keep them in prison for 15 years if they're convicted.
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Everybody knows that local newspapers are struggling to make money in the digital age and cutting reporting staffs to the bone. What does that mean? Bob Schieffer of CBS News recently predicted, “corruption at a level we've never experienced,” because papers can't afford to cover City Hall.
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