The supreme court of the united states is trying to decide whether a case involving moslems who are spied on by the fbi can move forward. At issue is whether the government can have the case dismissed without actually showing any of its top secret evidence to a court. We will here argument first this morning in case 28 28, the federal bureau of investigation versus fasaga. Now that might sound a little wonky, but trust me when i tell you that the case is absolutely nanas it involves an fbi informant who was planted in a mosque to suss out terror plots and then try to spin up a terror plot of his own.
A bodybuilder posing as a Muslim convert was welcomed into a California mosque. When he showed signs of extremism, members reported him to the FBI, only to learn that he was their informant. Now, their story is before the Supreme Court.
Today’s show was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Will Reid and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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