Is The U.S. State Dept. Assisting Terrorists?

I emailed Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and asked a few questions about her "outreach" program, The Citizen Dialogue Initiative.

This program "allows Muslim Americans to share the diversity and reality of their American experience with Muslims communities around the world". The program includes travel to and from other countries, primarily Europe, but, "delegations are scheduled to depart later this year to different regions of the world". The program's purpose is to, "increase cross cultural dialogue between Muslim Americans and Muslim citizens overseas". The delegates meet with local Muslims in other countries.

Questions:

... uh, Karen Hughes:

1. Have these American Muslim citizens been vetted for terrorist activities?

2. Are their travel destinations and departures being watched closely by intelligence personnel?

3. Are their activities at home and abroad being closely watched and evaluated?

4. Are all of their used means of electronic communications, banking, and human contact being monitored and scutinized?

5. Is all of the above being done with the people they contact overseas?

6. Are foreign Intelligence Services being informed of these globetrotters?

7. This program is strictly for Muslims. Why is there not a comparable Christian or Jewish program? (This is where a LIBERAL would make some remark about Church and State, not about the Muslim program, but about my question).

8. This program assumes that American Muslims are not communicating American culture back home to their friends and relations, making them unique among American immigrants. Do you agree with this statement?

... more questions can be raised, Karen Hughes ... Condi Rice, would you like to answer these questions?