The panel is probing the FBI's handling of a field analysis proposing that the bureau further develop sources in some Catholic chapels; the analysis was ultimately withdrawn by the FBI.
subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray
Jordan said of information provided to the committee previously regarding the the Jan. 23 analysis that it showed the FBI had"relied on at least one undercover agent to produce its analysis" and that the bureau proposed"that its agents engage in outreach to Catholic parishes to develop sources among the clergy and church leadership to inform on Americans practicing their faith.
Dunham also stressed that"the FBI is not anti-Catholic in any way, shape, or form, and does not target people of any faith because of their religious beliefs." And he told Jordan that the FBI"does not categorize investigations as domestic terrorism based on the religious beliefs—to include Catholicism—of the subject involved."
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