ADC Update: Contact ADC if Approache

[Ivo Skoric]

"voluntary interviews"? that's marvelous. we had that in yugoslavia. 
i went to about a dozen of them. the state security service there 
called it "informative discussions". they even offered not to 
handcuff you if you went with them peacefully. later you were 
supposed to come on your own. finally they would try to make you feel 
like an informant. however, this was all part of my political asylum 
case, I mean measures like that in other country judged by the court 
in this country were enough to grant me political asylum from that 
other country. Now this country is introducing the same things that 
did not work elsewhere. This is an evolution from the 
http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=2233, where ADC gives advice to 
people to contact FBI if victims of hate crime. Now they are to 
contact ADC if approached by FBI. What is next?
ivo

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ADC Update:
Contact ADC if Approached by the FBI

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has noted a 
recent
wave of reports from across the country indicating that FBI agents are
contacting Arab and Muslim Americans, including citizens, for what 
has been
described as voluntary interviews. ADC would like to remind members 
of the
Arab, Muslim, and Arab-American communities that equal protection and 
due
process rights are afforded to everyone, including non-citizens, in 
the
United States.

Unlike previous initiatives, the FBI has not communicated to ADC any 
plans
to conduct such interviews. ADC urges anyone who is contacted by the 
FBI to
contact the ADC Legal Department and provide details of the incident 
by
calling (202) 244-2990, sending a fax to (202) 244-3196, or via email 
to
legal at adc.org.

Upon request, ADC will do its best to provide third party observers, 
in
cases where potential interviewees would want such additional 
safeguards.
Additional useful "Know Your Rights" information can be found on the 
ADC
website at: http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=275 .

ADC offers the following guidelines to anyone who is contacted by the 
FBI or
other law enforcement agencies.

1) Make sure an attorney is present at all times during any voluntary
interview the person may choose to attend. It is important to note 
that
everything you say to an FBI agent or other law enforcement 
representative
is recorded, nothing is ˜off the record,™ including immigration