Rahinah IBRAHIM, an Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Michael Chertoff, in His Official Capacity as the Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Tom Ridge, in His Official Capacity as the Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Terrorist Screening Center; Donna Bucella, in Her Official Capacity as Former Director of the Terrorist Screening Center; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Robert S. Mueller, III, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Janet Napolitano, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General; Arthur M. Cummings, II, in His Official Capacity as Executive Assistant Director of the FBI's National Security Branch; National Counterterrorism Center; Michael E. Leiter, in His Official Capacity as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Department of State; Hillary Clinton, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellees, and John Bondanella, an Individual; US Investigations Services, Inc., a Virginia Corporation; City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Airport; San Francisco Police Department; Richard Pate, an Individual; John Cunningham, an Individual; Elizabeth Maron, an Individual, Defendants [2012]

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Reference to Rahinah IBRAHIM, an Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Michael Chertoff, in His Official Capacity as the Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Tom Ridge, in His Official Capacity as the Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Terrorist Screening Center; Donna Bucella, in Her Official Capacity as Former Director of the Terrorist Screening Center; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Robert S. Mueller, III, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Janet Napolitano, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General; Arthur M. Cummings, II, in His Official Capacity as Executive Assistant Director of the FBI's National Security Branch; National Counterterrorism Center; Michael E. Leiter, in His Official Capacity as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Department of State; Hillary Clinton, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellees, and John Bondanella, an Individual; US Investigations Services, Inc., a Virginia Corporation; City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Airport; San Francisco Police Department; Richard Pate, an Individual; John Cunningham, an Individual; Elizabeth Maron, an Individual, Defendants (669 F.3d 983) strengthens a Counterterrorism Law answer because the case reflects the principle that Use this case as a source-verified research checkpoint rather than an invented rule statement. The ratio should be extracted from the linked opinion by identifying the legal test applied, the facts treated as decisive, and the court's stated reason for the outcome. Applied to a problem question, the case should be used after identifying the issue as What Counterterrorism Law issue does the source record raise, and how should a student verify the rule, holding, and factual trigger from the linked opinion? The stronger essay move is to connect the material facts to the court's holding, then explain whether the present facts support the same conclusion or justify distinguishing the authority.