"didn't forward the information to law enforcement"
I can see it now...the Pentagon alerts local cops about suspected Muslim terrorists. The ACLU sues over profiling. The chief knows which side his bread is buttered on and rolls over to avoid the bad publicity.
The New York Times opines that immigrants shouldn't be watched. The Village Voice condemns the Bush administration's 'racist, fearmongering' agenda. Noam Chomsky condemns Israel.
CAIR launches a PBS series documenting Balkanized Muslim-Americans. John Kerry reminds everyone that this wasn't how they treated Muslims when he was in Vietnam.
There was a news story shortly before 9/11 that was about protesting profiling of Arabs at the airports. I don't remember if the ACLU was involved in that one, maybe it was CAIR. It got me to wondering afterward if that wasn't part of the 9/11 plot.