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Politico
May 14, 2017
The dispute in the mosque surveillance suit dates back to President George W. Bush's administration and an effort the FBI reportedly labeled “Operation Flex. “ It involved the use of a troubled informant, Craig Monteilh, to pose as Islamic convert “Farouk Aziz” and gather information on the activities ofÃÂ ...
The Intercept
October 17, 2016
The presentation, which was prepared for the FBI's Directorate of Intelligence, instructed agents on how to cultivate informants among Yemeni ... said that her community had still been reeling from learning of Craig Monteilh, an FBI informant who trawled mosques in Southern California and then went publicÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 27, 2015
Craig Monteilh, who was recruited by the FBI to spy on Muslims in Orange County,in his undercover Islamic clothing in February of 2009. ... When it was eventually discovered that Monteilh had been working as an FBI informant (a fact the bureau does not dispute), several people who had been surveilledÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 21, 2015
A federal appeals court is now considering whether the FBI can be held liable for allegedly indiscriminately targeting Muslims for surveillance. If the court decides the FBI cannot defend itself without revealing state secrets, the court likely would uphold the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought byÃÂ ...
Politico (blog)
December 8, 2015
That program has also spawned litigation, which continues. The informant in the Southern California probe, Craig Monteilh, had a falling out with the FBI and alleged that he was told to engage in dragnet tactics, including gathering emails and phone numbers of thousands of Muslims in Orange County andÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
March 4, 2015
To Muslim mosque members in the Los Angeles area, Craig Monteilh was known as Farouk al-Aziz, a French Syrian looking to reconnect to his Islamic roots. But behind the devout facade and convincing knowledge of Islam, Monteilh was spying for the FBI, which instructed him to go as far as sleeping withÃÂ ...
The Guardian
March 28, 2012
Monteilh was involved in one of the most controversial tactics: the use of "confidential informants" in so-called entrapment cases. This is when suspects carry out or plot fake terrorist "attacks" at the request or under the close supervision of an FBI undercover operation using secret informants. Often thoseÃÂ ...
Independent
December 6, 2010
The spying game wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Craig Monteilh, a convicted criminal recruited by the FBI to investigate the march of radical Islam into ... when the bungling informant revealed that his FBI handlers had instructed him to entrap his potential target and told him that "Islam is a threat to ourÃÂ ...
Independent
December 6, 2010
The spying game wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Craig Monteilh, a convicted criminal recruited by the FBI to investigate the march of radical Islam into ... when the bungling informant revealed that his FBI handlers had instructed him to entrap his potential target and told him that "Islam is a threat to ourÃÂ ...
OCRegister
January 22, 2010
Craig Monteilh, an Irvine man who said he worked as an informant for the FBI, has filed a $10 million suit against the agency. ... But such claims echo those that have been made by Muslim organizations across the country, whose leaders have said that informants planted within their communities have notÃÂ ...
Politico
May 14, 2017
It involved the use of a troubled informant, Craig Monteilh, to pose as ... the suit to proceed against FBI and local law enforcement agents.
Los Angeles Times
December 27, 2015
It hired a paid informant named Craig Monteilh to misrepresent his identity ... working as an FBI informant (a fact the bureau does not dispute), ...
Los Angeles Times
December 21, 2015
Craig Monteilh told the imam that he wanted to embrace his French and Syrian .... "I am a former FBI informant, and that will always be with me.
Politico (blog)
December 8, 2015
The informant in the Southern California probe, Craig Monteilh, had a falling out with the FBI and alleged that he was told to engage in dragnet ...
Huffington Post
March 4, 2015
To Muslim mosque members in the Los Angeles area, Craig Monteilh was known as Farouk al-Aziz, a French Syrian looking to reconnect to his ...
Mother Jones (blog)
August 15, 2012
FBI Sting Lawsuit Blocked by “State Secrets” Doctrine ... of wrongdoing, the FBI sent informant Craig Monteilh to spy on a California mosque, ... approach to national security: The use of FBI informants and fake terror plots and ...
The Nation.
June 13, 2012
At times the informants have been so aggressive they have quickly raised suspicions. At a California mosque in 2010 one FBI informant, Craig Monteilh, advocated violent jihad so vehemently that the mosque's members sought and received a restraining order against him. Monteilh, a former fitnessÃÂ ...
The Guardian
March 28, 2012
The ex-FBI informant with a change of heart: 'There is no real hunt. ... the close supervision of an FBI undercover operation using secret informants. .... then betraying them as Craig Monteilh, he has now joined forces with them ...
OC Weekly
April 30, 2009
Craig Monteilh's self-declared status as an FBI informant first became public three months ago, shortly after the bureau arrested a 34-year-old ...
Politico
May 14, 2017
It involved the use of a troubled informant, Craig Monteilh, to pose as ... the suit to proceed against FBI and local law enforcement agents.
The Nation.
December 5, 2016
“In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how ... deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about .... the FBI has developed a network of more than 15,000 informants as part of its ... Take Craig Monteilh, an ex-convict hired by the Bureau to infiltrateÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 27, 2015
It hired a paid informant named Craig Monteilh to misrepresent his identity ... working as an FBI informant (a fact the bureau does not dispute),ÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 21, 2015
Craig Monteilh told the imam that he wanted to embrace his French and Syrian .... "I am a former FBI informant, and that will always be with me.
Politico (blog)
December 8, 2015
The informant in the Southern California probe, Craig Monteilh, had a falling out with the FBI and alleged that he was told to engage in dragnetÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
March 4, 2015
To Muslim mosque members in the Los Angeles area, Craig Monteilh was known as Farouk al-Aziz, a French Syrian looking to reconnect to hisÃÂ ...
The Guardian
March 28, 2012
The ex-FBI informant with a change of heart: 'There is no real hunt. ... the close supervision of an FBI undercover operation using secret informants. .... then betraying them as Craig Monteilh, he has now joined forces with themÃÂ ...
OC Weekly
April 30, 2009
Craig Monteilh insists he was hot on the trail of terrorist plots at OC mosques. ... Craig Monteilh's self-declared status as an FBI informant firstÃÂ ...
OCRegister
February 27, 2009
IRVINE – For more than a year, Craig Monteilh pretended to be someone he wasn't. ... Monteilh said he came forward as an informant in an effort to clear his ... Monteilh said he recruited 47 informants from Orange County.
Techdirt
February 1, 2017
Craig Monteilh, a bodybuilder who worked undercover as an informant for the FBI by spying on mosques in Southern California, said he received $177,000 from the FBI over a one-year period. Monteilh said that his compensation was disguised as expenseÃÂ ...
NJ TODAY
December 11, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
Salon
December 6, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
CorpWatch.org
December 6, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
In These Times
December 6, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
AlterNet
December 5, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
Raw Story
December 5, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
The Nation.
December 5, 2016
"In 2004, the FBI looked at a sampling of all the [Stellarwind] tips to see how many had made a 'significant contribution' to identifying a terrorist, deporting a terrorism suspect, or developing a confidential informant about terrorists," wrote New ...
The Intercept
October 17, 2016
But the FBI has also aggressively sought terrorism leads from Muslim Americans; a presentation published by The Intercept last month suggested looking for informants in mosques and Muslim student associations, and that disclosure has prompted its own ...
Huffington Post
September 11, 2016
There are far fewer American flags flying from truck and SUV windows. Less than 5,500 troops are left in Afghanistan and just over 4000 in Iraq.
AlterNet
March 17, 2016
Anew study released last month by the University of Cambridge Center of Islamic Studies exposed the disturbing practice of British security services to lure British Muslim male converts to become informants. The report, an 18-month exercise detailing ...
AlterNet
March 15, 2016
Anew study released last month by the University of Cambridge Center of Islamic Studies exposed the disturbing practice of British security services to lure British Muslim male converts to become informants. The report, an 18-month exercise detailing ...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 2015
The alarms raised by members of the targeted mosques about the violence-espousing FBI infiltrator in their midst starkly puts the lie to any assertion that the FBI possessed any suspicious facts relating to terrorism, led alone facts sufficient to ...
Los Angeles Times
December 27, 2015
In 2007, shortly after promising not to engage in covert surveillance of Southern California mosques, the Los Angeles office of the FBI broke its promise. It hired a paid informant named Craig Monteilh to misrepresent his identity and infiltrate ...
Norwalk Reflector
December 22, 2015
A federal appeals court is now considering whether the FBI can be held liable for allegedly indiscriminately targeting Muslims for surveillance.
صحيفة الحوار
December 21, 2015
Former FBI informant Craig Monteilh poses for a picture at his home in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. The FBI, while not publicly acknowledging its relationship with Craig Monteilh, is scrambling behind the scenes to silence the convicted felon who isÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 21, 2015
The Islamic Center of Irvine embraced Craig Monteilh - until he began talking of violent jihad. Congregants reported him to authorities and obtained a restraining order.
Los Angeles Times
December 21, 2015
Craig Monteilh told the imam that he wanted to embrace his French and Syrian heritage and convert to Islam. Monteilh adopted an Islamic name, donned Muslim robes and a skull cap, and attended prayers vigilantly.
International Business Times
December 16, 2015
Hooper points to other instances in which the FBI has installed "agent provocateurs," he says, to incite terrorist activity.
Politico (blog)
December 8, 2015
The informant in the Southern California probe, Craig Monteilh, had a falling out with the FBI and alleged that he was told to engage in dragnet tactics, including gathering emails and phone numbers of thousands of Muslims in Orange County and LosÃÂ ...
Politico
December 6, 2015
Manjlai said the informant used in Orange County and L.A. several years ago , Craig Monteilh, was quickly singled out by mosque-goers for strange behavior.
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