It’s One Way to Gain Humint Assets
Published by Ninth Stage August 15th, 2006 in The War on Terror.Get with the program or leave.
Ouassif, saying he is a law-abiding green-card holder, chose to fight back. “Hire people to help you and pay them,” he said. “Don’t put someone in the field and say, `You have to help us.’ ”
The story of the San Francisco resident - a security guard and part-time engineering student - is in some ways unremarkable. He is one of many immigrants investigated, yet not charged or deported, in the post-Sept. 11 era. But his case reveals a lesser-known aspect of the war on terror: the federal government’s high-stakes - some say coercive - tactics to recruit Muslim collaborators.
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That last is sort of an odd word choice, “collaborator”. I think it tells us more about the reporter than it is an accurate description of what the feds are looking for. Aside from that I’m glad the feds are looking for humint resources. I much prefer that than the ongoing war on civil liberties in the name of security.
From Reason Express (link will expire).
Does the government have the right to order a person who is not breaking a law to place himself in danger in order to assist the government?
Based on the scenario you’ve got an inocent man, a non combatant.
One who is from all indications abiding by the law.
And the government is threatening to deport him based on fictious charges.
“you will work for us or else well tell the judge you are a terrorist”
“But I’m not” you say.
“we’ll it does not matter, We say you are and that’s all the need to know”
at the extradition hearing the government lawyer tell the judge that they think you will commit a terrorist act in the future.
The judge asks the lawyer if he has any proof of this charge.
The Lawyer responds, “yes” your honor we do”
The judge asks to see the evidence.
The lawyer responds “we can’t show it to you your Honor because it would endanger the source”
The Judge, then signs your deportation order.
Sound like truth, justice and the american way to me.
I know it does suck. Like the war on drugs, the “war on terror” (I hate these wars on inanimate objects and states of being) has led to a massive infringement on civil liberties. We would do better to suspend immigration by moslems and legalise recreational drugs.
We should have done him the favor of not allowing him into the country in the first place. I do think that allowing into the country likely enemy collaborators, islamists, is a mistake. It’s a tragic error that will cost many lives (certainly more islamists will die but innocents on both sides will too).
I also resent the deference and affinity shown to the house of Saud by too many government functionaries and officials. Wahhabism is a pestilence.