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16
. William K. Rashbaum, “Terror Suspect Is Charged with Preparing Explosives,”
New York Times
, September 25, 2009.

17
. William K. Rashbaum, Mark Mazzetti, and Peter Baker, “Owner of S.U.V. Arrested in Times Sq. Bomb Case,”
New York Times
, May 4, 2010.

18
. Ethan Brown,
Snitch: Informants, Cooperators and the Corruption of Justice
, (New York: PublicAffairs, 2007).

19
. Criminal complaint, United States v. Shahawar Matin Siraj, February 9, 2005,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/siraj_complaint.pdf
.

20
. Author interview with Martin Stolar, 2011.

21
. Review the data cited here:
http://theterrorfactory.com/database.html
.

22
. Liz Kowalczyk, “
New York Times
Editor Chides White House,”
Boston Globe
, June 17, 2012.

23
. Donna Cassata, “Obama Security Record Gives GOP Few Openings,”
Associated Press
, June 19, 2012.

24
. “Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Muslim Advocates' Annual Dinner,” Department of Justice, December 10, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/HolderSpeechDec2010.pdf
.

1
. Michael Kirk and Jim Gilmore, “The Man Who Knew,” PBS
Frontline
, October 3, 2002.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Bassem Youssef v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Deposition of Dale Watson, December 8, 2004.

4
. Ibid.

5
.

6
. Author interview with Ali Soufan, 2011.

7
. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, “Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,” July 22, 2004,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/911Report.pdf
.

8
. Bassem Youssef v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Deposition of Pasquale J. D'Amuro, November 30, 2004.

9
. Ibid.

10
. Bassem Youssef v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Deposition of Arthur M. Cummings, II, March 14, 2005.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Ibid.

13
. “CaseMap Facts Report,” FBI document, January 8, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/harrington_interview.pdf
.

14
. Cummings deposition.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide,”December 16, 2008,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/diog.pdf
.

17
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide,” October 15, 2011,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/diog2011.pdf
.

18
. Author interview with Arthur Cummings, 2010.

19
. Ronald J. Ostrow and Robert L. Jackson, “U.S. Agents Make Increasing Use of Informants: But ‘Handlers' Face Complex Legal Hazards When Condoning Criminal Acts,”
Los Angeles Times
, June 15, 1986.

20
. Dina Temple-Raston, “New FBI Computer Surveys Confidential Informants,”
NPR
, July 11, 2007.

21
. Author interview with Peter Ahearn, 2011.

22
. Eric Lichtblau, “Threats and Responses: The Former F.B.I.
Director; Tough Security Questions Are Likely for Ex-Chief of F.B.I.,”
New York Times
, April 13, 2004.

23
. Author interview with Dale Watson, 2011.

24
. Scott Shane and Lowell Bergman, “F.B.I. Struggling to Reinvent Itself to Fight Terror,”
New York Times
, October 10, 2006.

25
. Ibid.

26
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Memorandum, March 3, 2008,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/ACLURM011160.pdf
.

27
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Memorandum, May 11, 2007,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/ACLURM012669.pdf
.

28
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “The Baddest Town in America—and the FBI Owns It,”
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/training/hogans-alley
.

29
. Spencer Ackerman, “FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream' Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical,'”
Wired
, September 14, 2011.

30
. Yassir Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Complaint, February 22, 2011,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/CAIR-ACLU_Lawsuit.pdf
.

1
. Jonathan Eig,
Get Capone: The Secret Plot yhat Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010); Marc Perrusquia, “Photographer Ernest Withers Doubled as FBI Informant to Spy on Civil Rights Movement,”
Commercial Appeal
, September 12, 2010.

2
. Tanya Weinberg and Jeff Shields, “Informant's Role Central in Terrorism Case,”
Sun-Sentinel
, June 12, 2002.

3
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, “Narseal Batiste's Supplement to Demand for Specific Kyles and Brady Information and Giglio/ Napue Materials and Request for Expedited Ruling,” August 27, 2007,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/batiste398main.pdf
.

4
. Ronald J. Ostrow, “Webster Chosen as CIA Director: President Picks FBI Chief to Head Agency Under Fire for Iran Role,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 4, 1987.

5
. Author interview with Stephen S. Trott, 2011.

6
. David Kidwell and Larry Lebowitz, “FBI Sees Terror; Family Sees Good Son Ex-resident of Miramar Being Sought in Terror Case,”
Miami Herald
, March 31, 2003.

7
. Manuel Roig-Franzia and Dan Eggen, “From Bookish Boy to Focus of FBI Manhunt; Terror Suspect Labeled Worst Threat to U.S.,”
Washington Post
, April 14, 2003.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Miami-Dade Police Department, Incident report, April 6, 2001,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/assaad.pdf
.

10
. Alfonso Chardy, Juan O. Tamayo, and Jay Weaver, “10 Years After 9/11, Suspected Al-Qaida Figure Still Eludes FBI,”
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
, August 31, 2011.

11
. Tracy Breton, “Fear of Terrorists Haunted FBI Informant,”
Providence Journal-Bulletin
, January 26, 2003.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, “Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror,”
New York Times
, June 23, 2006.

14
. Author interview with Max Rameau, 2009.

15
. Chuck Strouse, “Penniless Purgatory,”
Miami New Times
, October 26, 2006.

16
. John O'Neil, “Terror Plot Was in ‘Earliest Stages,' Gonzales Says,”
New York Times
, June 23, 2006.

17
. Doug Simpson, “Terror Suspect Grew Up in Christian Family,”
Associated Press
, June 26, 2006.

18
. Doug Simpson, “Father: Sears Tower Plot Suspect Not in ‘Right Mind,'”
Associated Press
, June 25, 2006.

19
. Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, “NYPD Docs: ‘Focus' scrutiny on Muslim Americans,” March 9, 2012.

20
. Miami Beach Police Department, Incident report, November 10, 2004,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/al-saidi.pdf
.

21
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, U.S. government exhibits, 2006.

22
. Tom Brune and James Ylisela Jr., “The Making of Jeff Fort,”
Chicago Magazine
, November 1988.

23
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, FBI transcripts, 2006.

24
. Ibid.

25
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, U.S. government exhibits, 2006.

26
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, FBI transcripts, 2006.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Ibid.

29
. Amanda Ripley, “Preemptive Terror Trials: Strike Two,”
Time
, December 13, 2007.

30
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, Trial transcripts, 2006.

31
. United States v. Narseal Batiste, “Narseal Batiste's Supplement to Demand for Specific Kyles and Brady Information and Giglio/Napue Materials and Request For Expedited Ruling,” August 27, 2007,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/batiste398main.pdf
.

32
. Author interview with El Paso Police Department spokesman Darrel Petry, 2011.

1
. Author interview with Foad Farahi, 2009.

2
. Author interview with Ira Kurzban, 2009.

3
. Author interview with Edward R. Sunshine, 2009.

4
. Laura Wides-Munoz, “Illegal Immigrants Say They Were Targeted Because Daughter Is an Activist,”
Associated Press
, April 8, 2008.

5
. Eric Schmitt, “American Strike Is Said to Kill a Top Qaeda Leader,”
New York Times
, May 31, 2010.

6
. Pew Research Center for People and the Press, “Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism,” August 30, 2011.

7
. Mohammad Ayoub, “Study Shows Prospering Community,”
Sun Sentinel
, November 14, 2005.

8
. Charlie Savage, “F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds,”
New York Times
, June 12, 2011.

9
. Sara Kehaulani Goo, “Sen. Kennedy Flagged by No-Fly List,”
Washington Post
, August 20, 2004; Mimi Hall, “U.S. Has Mandela on Terrorist List,”
USA Today
, April 30, 2008.

10
. Author interview with Ibraheim Mashal, 2010.

11
. Ayman Latif vs. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Complaint for injunctive
and declaratory relief, June 30, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/latif-holder.pdf
.

12
. Author interview with Nusrat Choudhury, 2010.

13
. Rob Wagner, “Alleged drug dealer faces kidnap charges,”
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
, February 4, 1986.

14
. Author interview with Craig Monteilh, 2011.

15
. United States v. Tarek Mehanna, Affidavit, November 7, 2008,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/mehanna_affidavit.pdf
.

16
. Nancy Murray, “It's Official. There Is a Muslim Exemption to the First Amendment,”
Boston Globe
, April 12, 2012.

17
. Andrew F. March, “A Dangerous Mind?”
New York Times
, April 21, 2012.

18
. “Tarek's Sentencing Statement (with Leaked Voice and Subtitles),” video clip, YouTube, May 13, 2012,
http://youtu.be/jtDReECm9oE!
.

19
. “Got Rights?” video clip, Muslim Advocates,
http://muslimadvocates.org/get_involved/got_rights.html
.

20
. Author interview with Farhana Khera, 2011.

21
. Pew Research Center for People and the Press, “Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism,” August 30, 2011.

1
. Author interview with Mohammed Hossain, 2012.

2
. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf
, p. 1537; United States vs. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 20, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-20-10.pdf
, p. 1583.

3
. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf
, p. 1542;United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf
, p. 1523.

4
. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 15, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-15-10.pdf
,
Page 1269.

5
. Ibid., p. 1214; Ibid, p. 1217.

6
. Ibid., p. 1214.

7
. Ibid., p. 1217-1218.

8
. Ibid., p. 1219.

9
. Ibid., p. 1220.

10
. Ibid., p. 1221-1223.

11
. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf
, p. 1524.

12
. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 15, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-15-10
. pdf, p. 1222.

13
. Shahed Hussain, Voluntary petition, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York, August 21, 2003,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/hussain_bankruptcy.pdf
.

14
. United States v. Yassin Aref, Trial transcripts, September 18, 2006,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_volume4.pdf
, p. 463.

15
. Ibid., p. 464.

16
. Ibid., p. 466-467.

17
. United States v. Shahed Hussain, Criminal complaint, January 2, 2002,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/hussain_complaint.pdf
.

18
. United States v. Yassin Aref, Trial transcripts, September 18, 2006,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_volume4.pdf
, p. 462.

19
. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 15, 2010,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-15-10.pdf
, p. 1329.

20
. Ibid., p. 2278.

21
. Yassin Aref,
Son of Mountains
, The Troy Book Makers, 2008.

22
. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Investigation reports, January 2004,
http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/albany_fbi_reports.pdf
.