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Constitutional Law

Oct. 16, 2012

FBI agents appeal ruling on Muslim spying

Five defendants filed appeals Friday in a case accusing the FBI of infiltrating and indiscriminately spying on a group of Southern California Muslims in what the agency dubbed "Operation Flex."

By Ben Adlin
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Five defendants filed appeals Friday in a case accusing the FBI of infiltrating and indiscriminately spying on a group of Southern California Muslims in what the agency dubbed "Operation Flex."

The defendants, FBI agents who were sued under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in their individual rather than official capacities, will argue the court erred in its ruling that the agents are not protected by qualified immunit...

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