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"We lived in 1984," Mayfield told reporters Wednesday. "I'm talking about the George Orwell, frightening brave new world in which Big Brother is constantly watching you."
"I, myself, have dark memories of stifling paranoia, of being monitored, followed, watched, tracked," he said, choking back emotion.
"I've been surveilled, followed, targeted primarily because I've been an outspoken critic of this administration and doing my job to defend others who can't defend themselves, to give them their day in court, and mostly for being a Muslim."
The government refused, he said, to tell him where they put their cameras and surveillance devices, leaving his family wondering if their private conversations and intimate moments were on display.
"The days and weeks and months following my arrest were some of the hardest and darkest that myself and my family have ever had to endure," he said.
"And all because of this government's ill-conceived war on terror. ... What I really want is for this not to happen to anyone else."