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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

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When FBI agents interrogated Fikre about the mosque he attended in Oregon they suggested that he could become an informant in exchange for his removal from the list. Smith was charged with five felony counts. Yonas Fikre, a U.S. Fikre declined. But, before Smith’s case could go to trial, Rast left the department.