Anti-Islam Rhetoric

American Muslims Will Still be Monitored During Worship

Strong criticism has not changed the FBI’s mind about using informants to monitor activity in mosques. Not only were informants monitoring mosques but they have been monitoring local gyms in an effort to get information on local mosques. The FBI claims that they do not investigate places, but instead investigate people who are suspected of ties to terrorism.

An informant stated that he was instructed to lure members of a local mosque to gyms. The FBI would obtain security footage from the gyms and the informant would identify the men in the video. He would also be asked to provide additional information on the men and the FBI would run background checks on them. The purpose of the background checks was to find any information that the FBI could use to coerce the men into becoming informants.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/fbi-plans-to-continue-mosque-monitoring-despite-concerns-in-orange-county.html

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