A Mother Jones story describes how the US government wrecked the lives of multiple family members after one American muslim man refused to become an informant.
How The US Gov't Destroyed The Lives Of A Muslim American Man's Entire Family After He Refused To Become An Informant
Credit: Mother Jones
May 7, 2014

Via Techdirt:

We recently wrote about a new lawsuit from some Muslim men, suing the US government after they were all placed on the no-fly list for refusing to become informants. Some of the stories were ridiculous, displaying just how aggressive and coercive the FBI has been in trying to force totally innocent people into becoming informants, even when they lack any actual connection to any terrorists or terrorist organizations. But those disgusting stories pale in comparison to a story reported by Nick Baumann at Mother Jones, in which it becomes quite clear that the US government wrecked the lives of mu...

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