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No Fly List

An FBI evidence response team works at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., September 18, 2013.

A lawsuit claims the US tried to recruit Muslims to spy on their fellow Muslims

Global Politics

A new lawsuit alleges the FBI used the no-fly list as a weapon — putting Muslims on it if they declined to spy on other Muslims for the FBI. So far, the government hasn’t responded to the suit.

An FBI evidence response team works at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., September 18, 2013.

A lawsuit claims the US tried to recruit Muslims to spy on their fellow Muslims

Global Politics

Thousands are on US terrorist watch lists, rightly or wrongly, and there’s nothing they can do about it

Global Politics

Caught in Terror Watch List Limbo

Conflict & Justice
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