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Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back

• wired.com

A California student got a visit from the FBI this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a friend posted photos of it online. The post prompted 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.

It took just 48 hours to find out: The device was real, the student was being secretly tracked and the FBI wanted their expensive device back, the student told Wired.com in an interview Wednesday.

The answer came when half-a-dozen FBI agents and police officers appeared at Yasir Afifi’s apartment complex in Santa Clara, California, on Tuesday demanding he return the device.

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Comment by Gene Swank
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Well this is interesting, we have to protect ourselves from muslim extremists, This young man may or may not be involved in terrorism. If he is then we need to know what he is doing to be able to stop him if he plans something. This is A WAR and we have to protect ourselves but what surpises me the most is that Obumer is allowing us to monitor the muslim population. As he has already proved he hates the U>S>A I THINK WE SHOULD BE MONITORING ALL OF oBUMERS PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS. Gene



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