Arab American Agent Says FBI Discriminated
A high-ranking Arab American FBI agent is taking the bureau to court, accusing it of racial discrimination for freezing him out of the Sept. 11 investigation.
The suit described agent Bassem Youssef as the only polygraph examiner qualified to conduct interviews in Arabic, with extensive experience and Middle Eastern contacts from his days with the FBI in Saudi Arabia.
Yet, the complaint said, he was kept away from any substantial investigations related to the hijacking attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
Calls to the FBI and the Justice Department were not returned Saturday.
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