My best friend just sent me this story and I am speechless, not to mention scared. A sixteen year old Pakistani girl from Queens became considered a threat to national security through a series of investigations.

The NYT reports, the story of how it happened - how Tashnuba was labeled an imminent threat to national security - is still shrouded in government secrecy. After nearly seven weeks in detention, she was released in May on the condition that she leave the country immediately. Only immigration charges were brought against her and another 16-year-old New York girl, who was detained and released. Federal officials will not discuss the matter.

Okay so WTF! This is the first terrorist investigation that is involving minors. It is has also received quite a bit of attention. ...the case reveals how deeply concerned the government is that a teenager might become a terrorist, and the lengths to which federal agents will go if they get even a whiff of that possibility. And it has drawn widespread attention, stoking the debate over the right balance between government vigilance and the protection of individual freedoms.

Apparently, one of the reasons she was investigated was due to her participation in a chat room where she was taking notes by a Islamic clergy man accused of supporting suicide bombings.

I suggest reading the article it goes into more detail (specifically into the demoralizing details of the investigation). What do we make of this? Is this really the current state of affairs in the world?