Black FBI Agent Brings Discrimination Suit Against the Bureau
Friday, August 20, 2004 at 07:59AM
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An FBI agent who served as a liaison to seven countries, including
Saudi Arabia, before and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
filed a lawsuit Thursday saying the agency discriminated against him
and undermined his work on the investigation into the attacks. The
agent, Wilfred Samuel Rattigan, said the FBI violated his
constitutional and civil rights because of his race, national origin
and religious beliefs. He is seeking unspecified damages. He accused
the FBI of repeatedly undermining his work, "even at the expense of
compromising or delaying important investigations, including the 9/11
investigation." Rattigan claims his superiors did not want "a black man
and a naturalized citizen of Jamaican descent to succeed in the
bureau," particularly since he was working on such an important case.
Rattigan also alleges that he was subjected to harassment and
discrimination because he turned to Islam in December 2001.
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