imam marcus abu taubah robertson is an american citizen. His parents are christian but he reverted to islam as a child when he went to local masjid. He joined the Marines and he was in special forces of marines called ,marine recon. He was stationed in Japan where he says he really began to learn proper Islam and Arabic. After being honorably discharged from marines he went and lived and studied in Mauretania and Egypt for nearly 8 years. He was an up an coming muslim lectuer who was making a name for himself by appearing on muslim tv, radio and internet shows. Why the FBI came after him who knows. All it takes is for someone to mention your name and that gives them the right to search your home and once in your home they can search your computer and on and on. Basically with the terrorism laws if you are a muslim you are guilty until proven innocent.