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April 5, 2011

Libyan-Americans Investigated By FBI 
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The Wall Street Journal reports the FBI has begun questioning Libyans
and Libyan-Americans living in the United States. The FBI has not
publicly acknowledged the program but the Journal reports agents are
attempting to uncover potential Libyan-backed spies or terrorists as
well as gain intelligence that might help allied military operations. In
2003 the FBI questioned thousands of Iraqis and Iraqi-Americans as part
of a similar program called Operation Darkening Clouds. That effort led
to the compilation of information on more than 130,000 people prompting
a lawsuit by the New York Civil Liberties Union.



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