CAIR, a civil rights group for the rights of Muslims in the US, has sued the US government for maintaining a "terrorist watch list" which it uses to harass Muslims.

To have a watch list to keep track of the actions of people suspected of planning terrorism is legitimate if it is used in honestly. However, the US has used this watch list to pressure Muslims with no terrorist involvement into becoming informers and snooping regularly on their friends and families.

Furthermore, the US does not just "watch" the people on the list. It regularly harasses them as well.