Posted on 04/20/2015 11:21:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Nichole Mossalam, of the Islamic Society of Boston, the Cambridge mosque attended by Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.... called the program "dangerous ground" that could lead to policing of fringe thought and speech.
"We're still at the table, but we're still waiting to be convinced," she said. "We acknowledge we need to protect our youth, but we don't want to be targeting people for exercising their constitutionally protected right of free speech."
Law enforcement leaders say outreach is separate from intelligence gathering. And they acknowledge that a single misstep by a federal agent could reverse years of trust-building.
"Do we develop intelligence? One hundred percent, that's our job," said David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles office. "But we're not doing it under the guise of building bridges."
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The prevention program has largely found acceptance in Minnesota's Somali community, which since 2007 has seen more than 25 of its youths leave to join either al-Shabab in Somalia or militants in Syria.
"Everyone I talk with in the Somali community in Minnesota wants this terror recruitment to end," U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said at a news conference Monday on this week's arrests.
FBI agent Rick Thornton thanked several law enforcement agencies and members of the area's Somali community for helping with the investigation. A man who had planned to go to Syria with those who were arrested ultimately decided to cooperate with investigators and recorded conversations, authorities said.
Sunday's arrests stem from a 10-month investigation that predates the formal start of the pilot, authorities said. When asked whether outreach helped lead to the arrests, Luger spokesman Ben Petok said that while the pilot program builds on existing engagement efforts, the program itself is fairly new.
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We wouldn’t want to keep an eye out on those muslim terrorists.. would we...
you know since ALL muslims are TIME BOMBS..
Does a shoe smell?
They shouldn’t even be here. Kick them out.
>> called the program “dangerous ground” that could lead to policing of fringe thought and speech.
Satire, right? CAIR has been calling for the policing of thought and speech for years. Islamophobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, White Privilege are all ways to police thought and speech.
Yeah, me worrying about your rights when your people are lopping off the heads of Christians is the least of my worries. In fact, I think your rights are just behind free speech for earthworms.
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