Muhammad Ismail, a 45-year-old naturalized citizen born in Pakistan, and his 18-year-old son, Jaber Ismail, who was born in the United States, have not been charged with a crime. However, they are the uncle and cousin of Hamid Hayat, a 23-year-old Lodi cherry packer who was convicted in April of supporting terrorists by attending a Pakistani training camp.
Federal authorities said Friday that the men, both Lodi residents, would not be allowed back into the country unless they agreed to FBI interrogations in Pakistan. An attorney representing the family said agents have asked whether the younger Ismail trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan.
Both men are U.S. citizens, and do not hold dual Pakistani nationality. They tried to come back earlier in April, but were turned back from Hong Kong airport, where they had to pay for their own flight back to Islamabad! Apparently the U.S. government has put them on the "no-fly" list (is it a matter of time before all the homoFOBS are on that list??!?). The FBI is demanding that they submit to an interview in Islamabad, without lawyers present! They have already submitted to an FBI interview earlier in the year. The FBI also wants them to take polygraph tests. They have so far refused to do so, and a lawyer from the ACLU is handling their case.
Hell, why don't they just go ahead and make it a law forbidding entry into the U.S. for brown people? Why don't they just go ahead and set up those internment camps already? Who are they kidding?
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