FBI Enlists Local Muslim Community To Fight Terror

WASHINGTON - The scenarios are similar, the results apparently life-saving.

Last week's arrest of Amine el-Khalifi is the most recent in a string of stings by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in which a would-be terrorist was identified, monitored, and provided with an inert weapon by undercover agents and informants.

Contacted by WTOP, the FBI would not address whether it is recruiting members of the American-Muslim community to act in undercover roles, but the bureau has been public about its outreach efforts, after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

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