Falafel and the War on Terror

Can you tell a terrorist by what he eats? Apparently FBI agents thought so.

CQ Homeland Security reported last week that FBI officials combed through sales records of Middle Eastern food at San Francisco-area restaurants grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that the data, along with other information, would lead them to Iranian secret agents operating in the United States. Apparently, higher-ups put a stop to the effort before it got very far.

(Hat tip: Danger Room.)