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Studs Terkel's FBI File Unearthed, With A Few Surprises

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Long before the FBI identified him as a suspected communist and spent decades watching him and talking to confidential informants abou...

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FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Lobbyists, Roy Blunt, Ohio, State Secrets, Sibel Edmonds, Dan Burton, Fbi, Valerie Plame, Blackmail, Tom Lantos, Bribery, Armenian Genocide, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Jean Schmidt, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Brad Friedman

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

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Smoke and Mirrors

Shahid Buttar | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Civil Liberties, Muslim, Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Janet Napolitano, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

American Muslims, Arabs, South Asians, and Latinos are still waiting for federal officials to respect our civil rights.

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Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.

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Bridges of Rhetoric and Suspicion

Abukar Arman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al-Shabab, Muslims, Dhs, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Janet Napolitano, Somalia, US Muslim Relations, Obama, Fbi, September 11, Demonization, American Muslims, 9/11, Anti-Muslim Bias, New York Police Department, FBI Surveillance, Muslim World, Politics News
Abukar Arman

We must build bona fide bridges of understanding to significantly reduce elements hindering the ability of the US and Muslim world to work together on critical issues of mutual importance.

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What Does an Extremist Look Like?

Geri Spieler | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Geri Spieler

Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary ...

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Secrecy Sacrificing National Security

Shahid Buttar | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Government Secrecy, Warrantless Surveillance, Rule of Law, Surveillance, Fbi, Democracy, Racial Profiling, Torture, FBI Surveillance, Nsa, Guantanamo Detainees, Michael Mukasey, Dianne Feinstein, Guantanamo, Cointelpro, Abu Ghraib, American Muslims, Guantanamo Bay, Fisa, Constitution, China, Terrorist Surveillance Program, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Our nation's most notorious criminals violate our most fundamental laws and remain not only free, but actively engaged in influencing our national security policies.

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FBI Nabs Robbers With Google Map, Spycam Mashup

Wired.com | Posted 05.01.2009 | Home

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G-Men these days have to focus more on stopping terrorists than nabbing old-school bank robbers. So FBI agents in Arkansas are enlisting the online pu...

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Eric Holder Must End FBI's Abuses Against American Muslims

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mosque Spy, Cair, Mosques, American Muslims, Fbi, Muslim, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Parvez Ahmed

The planting of spies in mosques is just the latest in the FBI's long list of actions that have angered both civil libertarians and members of the American Muslim community.

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Domestic Wiretapping First Hand Account: NSA Listened To Phone Sex

ABC | BRIAN ROSS, VIC WALTER, and ANNA SCHECTER | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropp...

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FBI "Blanket" Demands For Phone Records Used To Cover Up Mistakes

NY Times | Eric Lichtbau | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senior officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation repeatedly approved the use of "blanket" records demands to justify the improper collection of...

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More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert M...

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More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The FBI acknowledged Wednesday it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, th...

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FBI Agent Criticizes Counterterrorism Measures

USA Today | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The FBI's counterterrorism agents lack the language skills and cultural understanding needed to succeed, an agency whistle-blower charged Saturday. B...

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FBI Lost Wiretaps Due To Unpaid Phone Bills

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on...

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