Post-9/11 Stings Targeted People Who Posed No Threat. They Remain in Prison.

The Intercept_, August 29, 2021: Post-9/11 Stings Targeted People Who Posed No Threat. They Remain in Prison.

“The investigation into the ‘Fort Dix Five,’ as the case became known, was marred by outrageous law enforcement and legal abuses, documented in a 2015 investigation and documentary by The Intercept. Their case was just one of many in which zealous FBI officials and prosecutors, operating in the heated atmosphere of post-9/11 America, branded individuals who posed no appreciable threat to the country as enemies of the state. Many of them, like the Duka brothers, were given long prison sentences or otherwise had their lives ruined after being convicted on material support for terrorism charges.”

Additional reading:

The Intercept_, June 25, 2015: The Real Story behind the Fort Dix Five Terror Plot

The Guardian, November 16, 2011: Fort Dix Five: 'If they did something, punish them. But they're innocent kids'