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A Muslim advocacy group Wednesday sued the FBI on behalf of a 20-year-old San Jose student who says he found a GPS tracker on his car last fall, alleging the device violated the man's constitutional rights.
The Council on American Islamic Relations' suit revolves around Yasir Afifi, a marketing student at Mission College in Santa Clara, who made headlines when he posted a photo of the mysterious device online asking readers to decipher what it was. The FBI showed up two days later "interrogating" him, the suit alleges, before taking the GPS tracker back.
The lawsuit states the FBI was able to "continuously monitor Mr. Afifi's vehicle, and thus, Mr. Afifi himself, accurately within meters," acting as an "unlawful trespasser," in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The suit also contends that the FBI is keeping an active file on Afifi, which documents where he prayed and had dinner with his girlfriend, among other activities, in violation of the First Amendment.