In addition to increasing the surveillance capacity of the state, the USA PATRIOT Act criminalizes individuals who inadvertently fund terrorism through donations to charitable organizations. It is not just individuals who commit terrorist acts who are punished, but anyone associated with terrorism.

QUESTION: What leeway do charitable donors actually have to prove lack of intent? Worth verifying the legal boundaries and any cases of prosecutions of inadvertent donors.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 347