Arab-American FBI Agent Sues Agency

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White House - AP Cabinet & State

A high-ranking Arab-American FBI agent is taking the bureau to court, accusing it of racial discrimination for freezing him out of the Sept. 11 investigation.

The suit described agent Bassem Youssef as the only polygraph examiner qualified to conduct interviews in Arabic, with extensive experience and Middle Eastern contacts culled from his days with the FBI in Saudi Arabia.

Yet, the complaint said, he was kept away from any substantial investigations related to the hijacking attacks on New York and Washington.

"No other non-Arab FBI employee with similar background and experience in counterterrorism was willfully blocked from working 9-11 related matters," according to the complaint. "In fact, numerous non-Arab FBI employees with far less experience and expertise in counterterrorism were assigned to 9-11 related work." ---

His client is seeking monetary damages and placement in higher management at the agency. Youssef also wants an injunction against any reprisal actions by the FBI.

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1. Even if he wins, is he going to come into work one day only to find...

..."Islam is EVIL, Christ is KING!" scrawled on his wall?

PB