{"id":3408,"date":"2002-02-19T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2002-02-19T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2021-02-22T05:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:05:27","slug":"strip-search-jordanian-fbi-trampled-my-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/02\/19\/strip-search-jordanian-fbi-trampled-my-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Strip-Search Jordanian: FBI Trampled My Rights&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William R. Gorta <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2002\/02\/19\/strip-search-jordanian-fbi-trampled-my-rights\/\">reports<\/a> for the <em>New York Post.<\/em> Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>February 19, 2002 &#8212;<\/em> A Jordanian charged with lying to a grand jury recited to a federal judge a list of alleged law-enforcement abuses at his pre-trial evidence-suppression hearing yesterday.<\/p><p>Osama Awadallah, 21, said he was physically abused by jail guards, denied access to a lawyer, forced to strip in front of women and denied food that complied with Islamic dietary laws.<\/p><p>He testified he was stopped on Sept. 21, 2001, by FBI agents outside his home in San Diego and questioned for several hours. 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