Even New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has been solicitous beyond belief to the Muslims in New York, defends the New York program, and maintains that no one's Constitutional rights were violated. The New York program kept under surveillance some members of the Muslim Students Association, which is a Muslim Brotherhood group. So Holder is essentially calling the NYPD on the carpet for protecting New Yorkers from the jihad.
"Justice Dept. to review NYPD over Muslim spying," from CBS News, February 28 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that, months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the Justice Department is beginning a review to decide whether to investigate civil rights violations.
Holder said that police seeking to monitor activities by citizens "should only do so when there is a basis to believe that something inappropriate is occurring or potentially could occur."
Holder responded under questioning by Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., who as an infant was sent with his parents to a Japanese internment camp during World War II and has compared that policy to the NYPD's treatment of Muslims. The attorney general was on Capitol Hill to discuss the Justice Department's federal budget.
Obama Justice Department to investigate NYPD for protecting New Yorkers from jihadists - Jihad Watch