ADDING TO “You’re boring...” post no. 2:
“FBI Gets Busted Spying on Arab-American Student With Tracking Device”
Jason Mick (Blog) - October 8, 2010 11:50 AM
SNIPPET: “The FBI also indicated that aside from concerns about Mr. Afifi’s father, it also might be investigating Mr. Afifi because of a blog post that one of his college friends wrote that involved “something to do with a mall or a bomb.” The friend, Khaled (who helped Mr. Afifi post on Reddit), recalls writing “something stupid”, but says it wasn’t anything serious. Mr. Afifi defends his friend, stating, “He’s a smart kid and is not affiliated with anything extreme and never says anything stupid like that. I’ve known that guy my whole life.”
Now the FBI may be the ones facing the heat. Mr. Afifi has retained a high profile lawyer — Zahra Billoo of the Council on American Islamic Relations . He comments, “The idea that [government monitoring[ escalates to this level is unusual. We take about one new case each week relating to FBI or law enforcement visits [to clients]. Generally they come to the individual’s house or workplace, and there are issues that arise from that.””