Name: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists
Uploaded: 2015-06-04T15:12:00Z
Duration: 9 min 13 s
Description: There's an organization responsible for more terrorism plots in the United States than al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab and ISIS combined: The FBI. How? Why? In an eye-opening talk, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson reveals a disturbing FBI practice that breeds terrorist plots by exploiting Muslim-Americans with mental health problems.

There's an organization responsible for more terrorism plots in the United States than al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab and ISIS combined: The FBI. How? Why? In an eye-opening talk, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson reveals a disturbing FBI practice that breeds terrorist plots by exploiting Muslim-Americans with mental health problems.

Trevor Aaronson: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists

How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists

An FBI practice targets Muslim-Americans with mental health issues, breeding terrorism plots rather than catching real terrorists.

$3.3 billion annually funds FBI's domestic counterterrorism, overshadowing efforts against traditional crimes like fraud or corruption.

Investigative findings reveal the FBI has never refuted evidence of creating more terrorists than it captures, raising ethical concerns.