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Launched by Australian Visionary, U.S. Peace Index Hits Year Two

Jim Luce | Posted 05.15.2012

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Jim Luce

The U.S. Peace Index was launched last year with the aim is to further understand the types of environments that are associated with peace and its economic impacts at a more specific regional level.

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Former Executives Convicted Of Defrauding Local Governments

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2012

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NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Three former executives of General Electric Co affiliates were convicted by a federal jury in New York of conspiracy ch...

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4 Muslims File Harassment Lawsuit Against FBI, Border Patrol

AP | ED WHITE | Posted 04.13.2012

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DETROIT -- Some Detroit-area Muslims have been held at gunpoint, handcuffed and repeatedly harassed about their religion when returning to the U.S. fr...

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Whistleblower Finds Death-Threat Note On Office Chair

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.13.2012

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How come there aren't more whistleblowers? It's a vexing question for anyone who'd like to see corporate crime reduced. Just this week, CNN noted t...

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Michael McLaughlin

Former Teacher And Camp Counselor Added To FBI's Most Wanted List

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 04.11.2012

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The FBI added an alleged child pornographer to its list of Ten Most Wanted fugitives. Eric Justin Toth was 26 and a third-grade teacher in a Washi...

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Repress U, Class of 2012: 7 Steps to a Homeland Security Campus

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.23.2012

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Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Since 9/11, the homeland security state has come to campus just as it has come to America's towns and cities, its places of work and its houses of worship, its public space and its cyberspace.

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Ex-Bank Executive Sues After Not Receiving Whistleblower Reward

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.12.2012

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Getting the IRS to give you money might not be the easiest thing in the world. But that's what Joseph Insinga is trying to do. Insinga, formerly an...

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Goldman Employee Under Fire Over Leaked Info

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2012

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Feb 15 (Reuters) - A Goldman Sachs technology analyst is under investigation by federal authorities for leaking inside information to hedge funds, t...

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Sovereign Citizens Are Rising Extremist Threat

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.07.2012

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WASHINGTON — The FBI has been paying closer attention to `sovereign citizen' extremists around the country out of concerns that they will react ...

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Federal Court Upholds Multimillion-Dollar Judgement In 'Whitey' Bulger Case

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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BOSTON -- A federal appeals court has upheld multimillion-dollar judgments that found the government liable for the deaths of three people allegedly m...

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FBI Agent Admits To Deleting Emails During Terror Probe

AP | By TOM HAYS | Posted 01.13.2012

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NEW YORK -- An FBI agent testified Thursday that she deleted potentially sensitive emails covering several months when she was helping spearhead an in...

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Prince George's County Leaders Told To Plan Now For Possible FBI HQ

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- If the Federal Bureau of Investigation ever leaves its hulking downtown headquarters building, Prince George's County leaders would like...

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Anna Chapman's Big Russian Life

Capital New York | Posted 01.04.2012

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It has been nearly a year and a half since the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized Anna Chapman, the Russian spy who had been working undercover in...

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FBI: Geezer Bandit Doesn't Run Like A Geezer

AP | Posted 02.20.2012

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LOS ANGELES — The FBI says an elderly-looking bank robber dubbed the "Geezer Bandit" may not be as old as he appears. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eim...

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California's 'Geezer Bandit' Could Be Anyone, Even A Young Woman In A Mask

Posted 12.16.2011

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A bank robber dubbed the "Geezer Bandit" who's accused of 16 Southern California heists over two years may not be a geriatric crook after all. Ban...

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Nasdaq's Poor Computer Security Led To Cyber Attack

Posted 11.18.2011

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A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operato...

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5 Myths About J. Edgar Hoover

The Washington Post | Kenneth D. Ackerman | Posted 11.14.2011

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Dead almost 40 years, J. Edgar Hoover returns to the spotlight as the Clint Eastwood biopic "J. Edgar" opens in theaters this week. Hoover served as d...

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Should The FBI Headquarters Be Demolished?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- For years, the FBI headquarters building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, about halfway between the White House and U.S. Capital, has been des...

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Bachmann Embellishes In Harsh Criticism Of Obama

AP | BY THOMAS BEAUMONT and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.28.2011

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DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Friday the Obama administration is striking all references to Islam from Ju...

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Commodities Trader, Hip-Hop Promotor Arrested On $4 Million Ponzi Scheme

Posted 12.07.2011

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Commodities trader and hip-hop promoter Tyrone Gilliams was arrested Wednesday on charges of running a $4 million investment scam, according to a ...

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FBI's Terrorist List Includes Innocent People

nytimes.com | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is permitted to include people on the government’s terrorist watch list even if they have been ac...

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Leaked FBI Materials Reveal More Shocking Anti-Muslim Bigotry

wired.com | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 11.23.2011

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Following months of denials, the FBI is now promising a "comprehensive review of all training and reference materials" after Danger Room revealed a se...

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FBI Counterterrorism Trainer: Forget Al Qaeda, Target Islam

Wired | By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Islam, Terrorists, Muslim Americans, Terrorism, Fbi Muslims, 9/11, Fbi, William Gawthrop, Al Qaeda, Arab Americans, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fbi Training, FBI Counterterrorism, Counterterrorism, Muslims, FBI Terrorism, Islam in America, Politics News

The FBI has publicly declared that its counterterrorism training seminars linking “mainstream” Muslims to terrorists was a “one time only” aff...

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Inside The FBI's Massive Network Of Domestic Spies

Mother Jones | Posted 10.22.2011

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The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots -- or leading them?...

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S&P Threatens To Downgrade State And Local Governments

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.19.2011

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Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade the United States' sovereign credit rating has already sent shock waves through the stock market and worsene...

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