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The article talks about U.S. District Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes's bawling out on government prosecutor Kashyap Patel of the National Security Division of the Justice Department.

The article reports on the agreement of the New York Police Department (NYPD) to settle a pair of federal lawsuits which claimed that Muslims are being targeted by baseless surveillance and investigation due to their religions. The NYPD agreed to strengthen its oversight of terrorism investigations and follow guidelines to prevent religious profiling. It presents the insights of civil rights lawyer Jethro Eisenstein, John Miller of NYPD, and lead plaintiff Imam Hamid Hassan Raza, on the issue.

The article discusses the issue regarding the plan of terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook for an attack in San Bernardino, California in 2012 and discusses the relationship of Farook with neighbor Enrique Marquez.

The article reports on the detention of American citizen Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh in Pakistan after he was suspected to be part of terrorist group al-Qaida. Topics discussed include arraignment of al Farekh in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York on April 2, 2015, violent jihad videos, including online lectures by al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki, and federal prosecution of suspects for terrorism.

The article focuses on the statements of U.S. officials on Robin L. Raphel, a State Department diplomat and Pakistan expert, who is under federal investigation as part of a counterintelligence probe. Topics include the comment of Jen Psaki, spokeswoman of the State Department, on their cooperation with such investigation, Andrew Rice, spokesman of Raphel, who states that Raphel is aware of the investigation, and the career of Raphel as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The article presents information on a court case filed on behalf of permanent U.S. resident Awais Sajjad, originally from Pakistan, and three other men against the U.S. for violating their rights by placing them in the no-fly list after they refused to spy on New York, New Jersey, and Nebraska Muslim communities.