Retaliation Case Of Arab Specialist At FBI Advances: "By Dan Eggen | Washington Post Staff Writer | Tuesday, July 18, 2006; Page A03
The Justice Department has concluded there is 'reasonable cause' to believe that senior FBI officials retaliated against the bureau's highest-ranking Arabic speaker for complaining that he was cut out of terrorism cases despite his expertise.
An internal investigation by the department's Office of Professional Responsibility found 'sufficient circumstantial evidence' that Special Agent Bassem Youssef was blocked from a counterterrorism assignment in 2002 after he and U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) met with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to discuss Youssef's complaints." ...
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