Front Page of Sunday's Seattle Times: Local imam sues FBI over watchlist
Imam Farid Sulayman in Seattle sues over mysterious FBI watchlist
"The imam believes he’s been put onto a federal government watchlist aimed at identifying known or suspected terrorists attempting to travel into or throughout the U.S. But he’s received no confirmation or explanation, typical of roughly a million people — according to an estimate by the Council on American-Islamic Relations — who share a similar fate."
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