Religious-Profiling

FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance

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The FBI ordered informant Craig Monteilh to infiltrate multiple large mosques in Orange County, California, in a dragnet surveillance operation that targeted entire Muslim communities rather than specific suspects. The operation exemplified the FBI’s post-9/11 practice of religious profiling …

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