By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Anti-terrorism training materials used by the FBI could be changing. The Religion News Service reports that the FBI said it is willing to consider a proposal from a coalition of Muslim and interfaith groups to create a committee to review materials. The FBI recently removed some materials from training after they…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It will always be a line hard to draw, between protecting the nation from another terrorist attack and reaching too far in the name of preemption. The American Civil Liberties Union sees the latter, though, and on Thursday said the FBI is using extensive community outreach among Muslims to gather intelligence…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After five years of legal wrangling, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday that the FBI must pay the legal fees of Muslim activist groups that sued the agency over a Freedom of Information Act case. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, in a written ruling, said his decision was not based…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After all the efforts by law enforcement to forge a lasting cooperation — particularly in the post-9/11 era — some in the Muslim community in America remain skeptical. The Associated Press reports Muslim groups in New York are discouraging people from going to the New York police with concerns about terrorism, and…
Salam Al-Marayati is president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. By Salam Al-Marayati Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Page We in the Muslim American community have been battling the corrupt and bankrupt ideas of cults such as Al Qaeda. Now it seems we also have to battle pseudo-experts in the FBI and the Department of…
By Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney New Orleans Times-Picayune Op-Ed Page NEW ORLEANS — As we approach the 10th anniversary of the tragic Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and continue to defend against those who wage their vicious campaigns against us and our freedoms, it is essential that we look forward. That is not to say that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There was good news and bad news for Muslim activists who sued to get FBI files on their activities. The bad news was that a federal judge in Santa Ana, Calif., ruled Wednesday that the groups cannot have access to most of the files because of national security issues, the Associated…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ACLU and a Muslim group filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court against the FBI and seven of its agents, alleging that a paid bureau informant violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims when he infiltrated a California mosque and indiscriminately conducted surveillance, the Washington Post reported….
