From the looks of this article, they aren’t going to be questioning any Presbyterian grandmothers, either. Watch for charges of profiling and charges of a “witch hunt,” but until Al-Qaeda starts recruiting Methodists, the FBI is doing the right thing. From AP, :
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fearing terrorist attacks this summer and fall, the FBI is using its latest intelligence to expand interviews in U.S. communities to try to find al-Qaida operatives before they strike.
An FBI official said the interviews will be driven by information gathered by the 2004 Threat Task Force, composed of bureau agents and analysts, plus experts from the intelligence community and the Department of Homeland Security.
The official said only a small number of interviews have taken place so far, but they will be conducted on a larger scale in coming weeks.
Among the more immediate concerns are potential attacks at the national political parties’ conventions late this month and in late August. …
The FBI has conducted community interviews before, going into Arab-American neighborhoods after the 9/11 hijackings to seek information. After the United States invaded Iraq last year, the FBI interviewed thousands of Iraqi-born individuals living in the United States to try to uncover potential terrorists and to protect the foreign-born from hate crimes.