Foreign intelligence services and secret police tracking activists and dissidents in the U.S. with the help of state and local police

Foreign intelligence services and secret police are collaborating with state and local police in the U.S. to track down activists and dissidents. Instances of foreign agents spying on and harassing activists who sought refuge in America have been reported. Last summer, the FBI uncovered an Iranian plot to kidnap an Iranian-American journalist in New York and smuggle her back to Iran. Additionally, an Egyptian-American citizen was recently arrested in New York on charges of spying on opponents of the Egyptian regime. The case revealed that the agent had contacts in U.S. law enforcement whom he was trying to exploit.