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FBI Wary of Investigating Extremist Muslim Leaders
Washington Post ^ | 10/29/01 | Walter Pincus

Posted on 10/29/2001 4:01:18 AM PST by vrwc54

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Fearing charges of religious persecution, the FBI for years has hesitated to investigate radical Islamic clerics in the United States despite evidence that their mosques have been used to recruit and fund suspected terrorists, present and former law enforcement officials said.

Even after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, "the veil of religion that has been draped over mosques . . . will be tough to move off," an FBI official said last week. "The Arab American community can become enraged and beat on the FBI."


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To: vrwc54
God darn it. The FBI better worry about the well being of the vast majority of real Americans, and not worry about the right of scumbag Moslem talibabas in this country. Tell the FBI that Clinton is no longer in charge. They don't want citizens to take the law into their own hands. Do they?
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