Swede Arrested For Falsely Telling FBI Son-In-Law Is Jihadist, AFP Reports

Swedish authorities arrested a man was arrested for libel for falsely sending the FBI an email, ratting out his son-in-law by saying he had Al Qaeda ties. The 40 year-old son-in-law was in the midst of divorcing the man's daughter, and his wife wanted him stay home and help with their child instead of traveling to the U.S., Agence France-Presse reports.

When the husband refused to stay home, his father-in-law wrote an email to the FBI saying the son-in-law had links to al-Qaeda in Sweden and that he was travelling to the US to meet his contacts.

He provided information on the flight number and date of arrival in the US.

The son-in-law was arrested upon landing in Florida. He was placed in handcuffs, interrogated and placed in a cell for 11 hours before being put on a flight back to Europe...

The father-in-law defended his email, saying it's not his fault the "authorities were so stupid that they would believe anything." Obviously the man does not read THREAT LEVEL, Bruce Schneier or Boing Boing.

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