No, this isn't made up. (I couldn't make up somehting this stupid.) [hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]
FBI Hoped to Follow Falafel Trail to Iranian Terrorists Here
The FBI had a brilliant plan: use records from San Francisco grocery stores to spot terrorists. You see, people who buy falafels are (possibly!) terrorists. The sales records would lead them to secret Iranian agents.
"The brainchild of top FBI counterterrorism officials Phil Mudd and Willie T. Hulon, according to well-informed sources, the project didn't last long. It was torpedoed by the head of the FBI's criminal investigations division, Michael A. Mason, who argued that putting somebody on a terrorist list for what they ate was ridiculous — and possibly illegal."
A check of federal court records in California did not reveal any prosecutions developed from falafel trails.
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