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Top 10 Ways Americans judge Trump in the Comey Covfefe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On the eve of former FBI director James Comey's testimony, Trump seems to be tanking in the polls, and his firing Comey seems…

GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Globally, US security partners are beginning to rethink sharing sensitive intelligence with the United States. That decisio should worry all Americans, since it…

Dear Director Comey: We’re Nauseous too, at your Disingenuous Self-Defense

Sam Seder | (Majority Report) | (Video News Clip) | - - "In this Majority Report clip, we watch FBI Director James Comey defend his decision to send a letter to Congress…

It is Comey who should be Investigated

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that his agency has since last summer been investigating the circle of Donald J. Trump for their…

Did White House interfere with FBI Probe of Russia Ties?

By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Brazen attempt at political interference provokes comparisons to Watergate White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus attempted to interfere with…

Comey should be fired if it’s the last thing Obama Does

By William W. Keller | (Informed Comment) | - - James Comey is keeping a low profile these days. Not even a peep. Not even after the FBI, CIA, and NSA finally…

The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - For decades, Washington had a habit of using the Central Intelligence Agency to deep-six governments of the people, by the people, and for…

Top 5 Times the FBI intervened to Help the US Right Wing

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - What is unusual about the FBI's intervention in the 2016 election is not the intervention. The FBI tries to shape US politics every…

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…