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| No-fly list used by FBI to coerce Muslims into informing, lawsuit claims |
| 2014-04-23 |
| [The Guardian] Naveed Shinwari hasn't seen his wife in 26 months. He suspects it's because he refused to become an informant for the FBI. In February 2012 Shinwari, who has lived in the US since he was 14, flew to Afghanistan to get married. He says that before he could get home to Omaha, Nebraska, he was twice detained and questioned by FBI agents who wanted to know if he knew anything about national security threats. A third FBI visit followed when he got home. The following month, after Shinwari bought another plane ticket for a temporary job in Connecticut, he couldn't get a boarding pass. Police told him he had been placed on the US no-fly list, although he had never in his life been accused of breaking any law. Another FBI visit soon followed, with agents wanting to know about the "local Omaha community, did I know anyone who's a threat", he says. "I'm just very frustrated, [and I said] what can I do to clear my name?" recalls Shinwari, 30. "And that's where it was mentioned to me: you help us, we help you. We know you don't have a job; we'll give you money." Strange, or possibly not so, citing "missed opportunities", this recent article and report indicates the Tsarnaev brothers were never placed on the No-Fly list. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Isn't Muslim charity an amazing thing, Frank? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-04-23 10:22 |
| #2 no job, but you can afford a flight to Afghanistan and bring back another breeder/mouth to feed? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-04-23 09:36 |
| #1 Another FBI visit soon followed, with agents wanting to know about the "local Omaha community, did I know anyone who's a threat", he says. If yoooz goes for your coffee table, we'll SHOOT ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-23 07:52 |