As membership in the NOI continued to grow, the biography says Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents infiltrated the organization (one even acted as Malcolm's bodyguard) and secretly placed bugs, wiretaps, cameras, and other surveillance equipment to monitor the group's activities, according to the biography.
Njengoba ilungu NOI laqhubeka landa, FBI ejenti ngesinyenyela inhlangano (ngisho isinyathelo sibe ngumqaphi Malcolm umzimba) futhi ibekwe ngasese izimbungulu, wiretaps, amakhamera nezinye izinto ukubhekwa ukuqapha emisebenzini yaleli qembu .