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Student?s Discovery of GPS Tracking Device Brings Visits by FBI, ACLU

By "eAdvocate"

10-9-2010 Washington: A California student was visited first by the FBI and then by the American Civil Liberties Union after reports surfaced that his mechanic had found a GPS tracking device on his car. After Yasir Afifi discovered the device, a friend posted photos online, prompting ?wide speculation about whether the device was real, whether the young Arab-American was being targeted in a terrorism investigation and what the authorities would do,? Wired.com reports on its blog Threat Level. The 20-year-old Arab-American student at Mission College in Santa Clara soon found out, the story says. Afifi told Wired that FBI agents and police officers came to his apartment and demanded the return of the device. One agent reportedly told Afifi they knew what restaurants he frequented and congratulated him on his new job...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).