Spying on Somali refugees keeps feds busy, busy, busy; and more Somalis on the way!

  Over the last 24 hours two stories came to my attention about how the federal government and local law enforcement supposedly have their hands full and are crafting programs and spending big bucks on surveillance of the Somali refugee “community” in several Office of Refugee Resettlement “preferred” resettlement cities—notably Minneapolis and San Diego.  They … Continue reading Spying on Somali refugees keeps feds busy, busy, busy; and more Somalis on the way!

Three Somali former refugees sentenced to prison in San Diego

Including an Imam from a local Somali mosque. This is the culmination of the story we’ve followed since 2010. When I search RRW for ‘San Diego Somali terrorists’ I get pages of posts, so here is an idea, maybe now that ABC News has re-discovered investigative journalism (see Iraqi refugees yesterday), this might just be … Continue reading Three Somali former refugees sentenced to prison in San Diego

San Diego: Four Somalis convicted of aiding terror group in Africa

This is the latest on a story we reported, here, in January. From  AP at ABC News:  A federal jury in San Diego on Friday convicted four Somali immigrants — including an imam from a local mosque — of conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist group in their native country. After a three-week trial … Continue reading San Diego: Four Somalis convicted of aiding terror group in Africa

All eyes on the Imam as Somali terror funding trial gets underway in San Diego

Update on the trial (February 20th) here. From UT San Diego (emphasis mine): SAN DIEGO — Scores of recorded phone calls show that four Somali immigrants conspired in 2008 to raise money and send it to their homeland to assist the terrorist group al-Shabaab, a federal prosecutor said at the opening Wednesday of a terrorism … Continue reading All eyes on the Imam as Somali terror funding trial gets underway in San Diego

San Diego “man” targeted Somalis in what looks like ponzi scheme

Update November 24:  A little more thorough and less politcally correct report here. Once again I had planned to tackle that boring topic targeted assistance this morning, but as my time at the computer runs out, it’s juicy stories like this one that are much more distracting and appealing.   Tomorrow—targeted assistance for sure!  This is the … Continue reading San Diego “man” targeted Somalis in what looks like ponzi scheme