WASHINGTON, U.S. A. - If you drove a car with rear seats that fold down in the United States, there was reason to believe you might be involved in human trafficking.
Or you received a list of 10 recommended books for reading for Muslims, you were possibly subversive.
Attended a seminar at a mosque on how to improve your business? You are one to watch.
Even if you received marriage advice from an Imam, there was reason to suspect you were up to no good.
Hard to believe, these everyday examples of low-level information were
gathered by US field offices of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) in America and correlated into initial intelligence reports.
The good news is most were rejected as being of no use as they were reviewed, but they do point to the level of paranoia and ignorance that existed in the US intelligence-gathering community in the months and years following the attacks of 9/11.
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