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How The FBI Targeted Muslims And Turned Them Into Terrorists

Human Rights Watch has released a scathing report on the FBI's conduct with regard to how it investigates possible terrorism suspects and in some cases, creates them. The Guardian reports: "In some cases the FBI may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals by suggesting the idea of taking terrorist action or encouraging the target to act," the report alleges. Out of the 494 cases related to terrorism the US has tried since 9/11, the plurality of convictions – 18% overall – are not for thwarted plots but for "material support" charges, a broad category expanded further by the 2001 Patriot Act that permits prosecutors to pursue charges with tenuous connections to a terrorist act or group. In one such incident, the initial basis for a material-support case alleging a man provided "military gear" to al-Qaida turned out to be waterproof socks in his luggage. Several cases featured years-long solitary confinement for accused terrorists before their trials.

 

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