#fbi

He was paid $177,000 to infiltrate a mosque for the FBI. Then the mosque reported him to the #FBI as the threat.

In 2006, the FBI recruited Craig Monteilh, a convicted forger, to pose as a devout #Muslim convert in Southern California.

For about 15 months, he attended prayers, secretly recorded conversations, and collected names, phone numbers, and emails from worshippers. He even used hidden recording devices while trying to draw people into conversations about extremism.

But his behavior became so alarming that members of the Islamic Center of Irvine grew suspicious. They eventually obtained a restraining order against him and reported him to the FBI, believing he could be dangerous.

15 months undercover. About $177,000 in payments. One #mosque under surveillance. And one incredible twist: the people being watched were the ones who reported the informant.

On President #Tinubu files, Nigerians need to understand the United States doesn't work like #Nigeria. With all our flaws, we still have transparency and the rule of law. I’m not saying it is perfect, but it's strong.

So in this case, nobody paid the #FBI or #CIA or the judge or #Trump to block the release of the files. The legal reason they are stating is valid (not saying it's accurate, but it is plausible): Release of the files would endanger lives -- likely either informant(s) or undercover agents. That's the question on the table before the judge now.

And since that is the question, what is the answer? Whose life or lives are they afraid will be threatened if this information comes out? Seeing that we're 33 years later, there's zero chance it's an undercover operative. So it's a snitch. A rat.

And who is the one fighting the release? Tinubu himself. So it stands to reason that the way he got out of the heroin #trafficking charges back in 1993 was not just forfeiting the $460k, but also ratting out others in the network.

This was a big operation, reaching into the South East Asian underworld -- where people in power then are still in power now.

Not long after Tinubu left the US, the US attacked those networks. Was it based on information Tinubu provided? If so, then yes, releasing the files may well put his life in danger.

Did he turn over names of prominent #Nigerians too? People who may back him now #politically, unwittingly? That could prove fatal for him, too.

This is my working theory: BAT is a RAT.