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Archives: FBI
FBI Faction Hostile to Clinton Possibly Behind Leaks
TeleSur | - - Current FBI agents have told outlets that there are elements within the agency leaking info in order to favor Donald Trump. FBI Director James Comey was driven in…
Dear Generation Z: So sorry for bequeathing to you terrorism hysteria and all those Wars
By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are rituals to such moments, and because dad-confessions…
Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter’s ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?
TeleSur | - - In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about his homosexuality. The U.S. Federal Bureau of…
The FBI’s outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple
By Andrew Crocker | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) | - - Last week, EFF filed a brief in support of Apple’s fight against the FBI, in which we argued that forcing…
On MLK Day, let’s Remember Ike’s warning about the Military-Industrial Complex
By Shahid Buttar | Electronic Frontier Foundation [Sunday] marked the 55th anniversary of a world-historical speech by the last war hero to occupy the White House: President Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower. His…
2016 Campaign and Forever War: Electorate gone to Disney World
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - You may not know it, but you’re living in a futuristic science fiction novel. And that’s a fact. If you were to…
Why Rand Paul is right to Kill the So-Called PATRIOT Act: It was never about Terrorism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has vowed to force the expiration of the so-called PATRIOT Act on Sunday. Paul is right that it is unconstitutional…
Could the New USA Freedom Act stop NSA Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records?
By Mark Jaycox and Rainey Reitman | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has reintroduced the USA Freedom Act. The bill is an attempt to rein in the intelligence…
A Letter of Apology to My Grandson: A Pox on Twenty-First-Century America
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) Dear Grandson, Consider my address book -- and yes, the simple fact that I have one already tells you a good deal about me. All the…
Keystone XL Opponents Interrogated by FBI
TheLipTV | - "Keystone XL pipeline opponents are being interrogated by the FBI who are using what one lawyer called “intimidation” and “force," according to recent reports. This comes after President Barack…
Only 1/2 of 1% of “Patriot” Act Secret Warrants Used against Terrorism
By Mark Jaycox via Electronic Frontier Foundation The Patriot Act continues to wreak its havoc on civil liberties. Section 213 was included in the Patriot Act over the protests of privacy advocates…
Gov’t: Be Careful what you Say on Facebook: “Are you on the Terrorist Watchlist?”
AJ+ "One million people worldwide have been swept up by TIDE, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment. It's a list of people suspected of being terrorists that's managed by the U.S. National Counterterrorism…
One Nation, under SWAT: The undemocratic Militarization of the Police
By Matthew Harwood via Tomdispatch.com Jason Westcott was afraid. One night last fall, he discovered via Facebook that a friend of a friend was planning with some co-conspirators to break in to…
Most would-be US Terrorists Wouldn’t have Committed a Crime without FBI Entrapment
Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) –The US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have targeted American Muslims in abusive counterterrorism “sting operations” based on religious and ethnic identity, Human…
Dear America: You’re in the Army Now
By William J. Astore I spent four college years in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and then served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. In the military, especially in basic…
Former FBI Agent: NYPD’s Muslim-Spying Demographics Unit Was Almost Completely Useless
Former FBI Agent: NYPD's Muslim-Spying Demographics Unit Was Almost Completely Useless (via Techdirt) Certain demographics are desirable. 18-34? Taste-makers and early adopters. 35-49? Money. Muslim and New York City resident? Being a…
State Dept Launches ‘Free the Press’ Campaign Same Day DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Jail Reporter
State Dept Launches 'Free the Press' Campaign Same Day DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Jail Reporter (via Techdirt) The US State Department announced the launch of its third annual "Free the Press"…