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The depositions and FBI documents used on this website were obtained as a result of a lawsuit filed by Bassem Youssef, a Unit Chief currently employed in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. Prior to holding his current position, Mr. Youssef coordinated the national counterterrorism investigation into the Islamic Group (the organization responsible for the first World Trade bombing), was the recipient of the prestigious “Director of Central Intelligence” award and was tapped by former FBI Director Louis Freeh to establish the FBI’s field office serving seven Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kuwait. Mr. Youssef is the highest ranking Arab-American agent employed by the FBI. In July, 2006 the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility concluded that the FBI illegally retaliated against Mr. Youssef because Mr. Youssef had made whistleblower disclosures to the Director of the FBI and a Member of Congress.
We urge every American to strongly support Mr. Youssef’s case and make a donation to the NWC to cover the costs and expenses incurred in defending Mr. Youssef’s right to blow the whistle on FBI misconduct and oppose discrimination against Arab Americans within the FBI.
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