Alarm After FBI Arrests US Army Veteran for 'conspiracy'

Thursday, September 04, 2025

The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan.

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The Trump administration thought they could scare Mohsen Mahdawi into silence by detaining him for his advocacy in support of Palestinian human rights. But he is proof that the First Amendment is stronger than the government.

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More: "Here's a guy who held a top secret clearance and was privy to some of the most sensitive information we have, who served in a combat zone," said Kenneth Koop, a retired colonel who trained the Afghan military and police during Mavalwalla's deployment. "To see him treated like this really sticks in my craw."

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-09-02 01:36 PM | Reply

I suspect this will be a dangerous button for the administration to push.

You start ---- with people who gave damn near their all in service of this country and they're going to push people with lot of experience into action.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 01:58 PM | Reply

These are the DOJ documents:

www.justice.gov

www.inlander.com

Bajun Mavalwalla II and his father are an example of the "Forever Wars;" inter-generational participation in the same war. nypost.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-02 02:28 PM | Reply

"conspiracy to impede" !!!???
That can mean ANY BEHAVIOR a vengeful president...or officer...wants to use against a person.

My GOD, how this country has turned to ---- under Trump so quickly.

#4 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-09-05 10:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

MAGATS don't care. The only thing that matters to them is loyalty to the cult leader.
Just ask Boaz. He has proudly turned his back on his claim that he wouldn't tolerate Trump jeopardizing national security by messing with the joint chiefs but he goes right on supporting Trump despite him having done exactly that.

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-09-05 11:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

BOAZ has only been in it for himself all along. He couldn't care less about democracy or America's good.

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-09-05 11:16 AM | Reply

I am ashamed of what Trump has turned the Executive Branch into. He can not go away or die soon enough.

#7 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-09-05 06:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

We all know that Trump does not know how to achieve success honestly. The history of his life as a businessman and a politician shows a clear pattern of narcissism, deceit, manipulation and eventual failure.

While he may pull the wool over the eyes of the less sophisticated among us, rest assured that enemies of the United States are watching Trump stumble, bumble and blindly set the stage to make America ripe for the very thing that is taking place now in China.

They've successfully set him up for the kill. They've left Trump with no wiggle room. He's been relegated to the kiddy table while the grownups talk.

#8 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-09-05 11:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Those who make peaceful protests impossible make violent revolution inevitable".

JFK.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-09-06 12:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1