American-Islamic Relations Council Says FBI Program Creates Terrorists

SPUTNIKNEWS – January 27, 2015: “Council on American-Islamic Relations spokesperson Corey Saylor commented on the release of a new documentary entitled (T)ERROR which documents the FBI using paid informants not to capture existing terrorists, but to cultivate them. …“Where you have indicators of illegal activity, the FBI should get a warrant and go after the guy. But the government should not be involving itself in creating terrorists through confidential informants targeting the Muslim community,” Saylor told Sputnik on Tuesday, reacting to the release of a new film entitled (T)ERROR, which documents the FBI using paid informants not to capture existing terrorists, but to cultivate them. The use of FBI informants to drive terrorist plots is a phenomena that has been around for a long time, Saylor explained, but up until the rise of the Islamic State, he felt things were headed in a better direction. “But the focus is back on broad surveillance of the American Muslim community, which encourages the use of these confidential informants,” he added.” Link: Read Complete Article

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