Pressured To Spy On NYC Mosques For Two Years, An Immigrant FBI Informant Seeks A Way Out

Faiza Patel, a national security expert at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, said immigrants like Bilol have been deployed by the FBI within Muslim communities for many years, especially since the 2001 September 11th attacks. But she said this type of “fishing” is problematic.

“It creates distrust among community members,” Patel said. “Because people are always looking at the guy next to them, and thinking, ‘Oh, is he an informant?’”

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