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Home Front: WoT
Groups Urge Sensitivity in Hezbollah Probe
2006-07-27
Leaders of the country's Muslim, Middle Eastern and South Asian communities are urging the FBI to use sensitivity if it investigates possible activities by the Islamic militant group Hezbollah on U.S. soil.

Twenty-five groups, including the Islamic Society of North America and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, urged FBI Director Robert Mueller in a letter Wednesday to issue instructions to field offices and agents to avoid unwarranted profiling and respect the legal protections of people they may question.

"We want the FBI, not so obviously, to protect our nation from those who do us harm, but we want them to focus on smoke and mirrors actual credible evidence of wrongdoing and not target people based on their ethnicity or religion or based on First Amendment political expression," said Farhana Khera, head of Muslim Advocates, the lead drafter of the letter. "We want to avert any kind of raw fishing expedition-type initiative."

Khera, whose group is the charitable arm of the 500-plus-member National Association of Muslim Lawyers, said activists decided to send the letter after learning in recent days that the FBI has increased its focus on the worldwide activities of Hezbollah in light of the most recent fighting in the Middle East.

The letter says that since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the FBI has launched a number of interview programs that targeted Arab and Muslim men in particular. Some agents engaged in "harassing, unduly burdensome and improper questioning," it states.

On Wednesday, Mueller told reporters at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., that the agency's efforts continued. But when asked if there was any indication Hezbollah is planning an attack in the United States or on U.S. interests abroad, he said, "At this juncture, no."

FBI spokesman Stephen Kodak said the agency plans to reach out to the groups that sent the letter. He said there are no plans for large-scale interviews regarding Hezbollah.

"We are sensitive to the cultural differences in dealing with the Muslim community," Kodak said, adding that the agency already has guidance about how to deal with the various groups. "Whether or not there's going to be special, additional guidance, that I don't know at this time."
Posted by:ryuge

#13  Sometimes I think the only thing between us and being hit again with huge loss of life is that our enemy is dumber than dirt.

AF8883 - Quote of the day
Posted by: BigEd   2006-07-27 19:37  

#12  I recommend the Roswell technique for any probing.
Posted by: Unonter Fleagum1241   2006-07-27 14:57  

#11  How about the Muslim/Arab/Asian community pointing out some of the people whom they feel might embrace Islamic Fanaticism a little too much? They live among them, should know their community, and proclaim to the Religion of Piece how about stepping up. Every time they Capture/Kill one of the fanatics EVERY leader in the perps Muslim community is quick to point out that they fell in with a bad crowd. How about they tell the FBI who the bad crowd is TODAY and skip the CNN/MSNBC sound byte about how you “Deep down support America.”
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-07-27 13:50  

#10  This scum is beyond any words. They are an internal fifth column. They should be bitch slapped, humiliated verbally and any other way possible, and simply told to pack their rat asses back to the shitholes they came from if there is any part of the inquiry they don't like. Quit coddling these Muzzie F**kers !
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-07-27 12:55  

#9  Bullshit! Treat them just like any other terrorist criminal. When McVeigh was being investigate not one farmer bitched about the FBI being sensitive! The FBI needs to find these guys and capture or kill them.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-07-27 11:14  

#8  "We are sensitive to the cultural differences in dealing with the Muslim community"

Well...there's my warm-n-fuzzy of the day.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-07-27 11:04  

#7  Yeah, I'll 'reach out to the groups who sent the letter'. Seems to me they need to answer a few pointed (and very, very, insensitive) questions themselves. Time to reach out and grab them by the throat.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-07-27 10:31  

#6  Dear FBI,

Yes, by all means, do use sensitivity when questioning them. Make sure the pliers hit all the SENSITIVE parts.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-07-27 10:11  

#5  Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. Some day, unless we get REAL lucky, one of our cities is going to take a Big Hot One up the ass because of this "sensitivity" bullshit.

Posted by: Flinelet Angavitle5908   2006-07-27 09:53  

#4  Thanks for the correction - you're right.
Posted by: Angolutle Fleresh8883   2006-07-27 09:51  

#3  Don't forget the port guys and regular policing guys. They are really the ones sniffing out some plots. Not the PC boneheads up top.
Goddamn FBI and government.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-07-27 09:41  

#2  YJCMTSU. And that includes the FBI actually tip-toeing around. Moron Mueller's just as PC as that dipshit Freeh. Sometimes I think the only thing between us and being hit again with huge loss of life is that our enemy is dumber than dirt.
Posted by: Angolutle Fleresh8883   2006-07-27 09:35  

#1  Perpetual Muslim Victimization Continues. Film at eleven...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-07-27 09:32  

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