The Snowden leaks uncovered that state-led surveillance was not colorblind but rather based on religious identity. Class privilege, service to the government, and party affiliation could not protect Muslim Americans from state surveillance or being cast as suspicious. These leaks provided concrete proof that Muslim Americans were being unfairly targeted by the state.

XREF: Connects to broader post-9/11 counterterrorism literature and the NSA surveillance debates.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 53