Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 9, 2009. With Obama the target of hate speech and over 30 death threats a day, the FBI needs to hear that it can't let budget shortfalls get in the way of the president's life.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. September 8, 2009. A federal appeals court has ruled that Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of Abdullah Al-Kidd.
Kat Aaron, Nick Schwellenbach, The Center for Public Integrity. July 18, 2009. Institutions most likely to screw over the American public don't have to report suspicious activity to the feds.
Agence France Presse July 16, 2009. Dongfan 'Greg' Chung, 73 and a resident of Orange County, California, was found guilty of economic espionage and acquiring information on demand using his "secret" classified clearance.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 16, 2009. Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 27, 2009. A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Sheri Fink, ProPublica. May 29, 2009. The still-secret cables are among some 550 interrogation-related cables sent from CIA field stations to CIA headquarters in 2002.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. May 23, 2009. Turns out it is really the handiwork of a creepy FBI informant. The story strengthens the narrative that the "homeland" is under attack. It's not.
Marcy Wheeler, Salon. May 22, 2009. The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
Agence France Presse AlterNet: PEEKMay 20, 2009. On Wednesday, Mueller cited "concerns we have about individuals who may support terrorism being in the United States."
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, AlterNet. April 22, 2009. Former Bush officials are trying to avoid accountability for their inhumane crimes. There is much you can do to make sure they don't get away with it.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 21, 2009. Two FBI workers allegedly used surveillance equipment to spy on girls as they tried on prom gowns at a charity event at a West Virginia mall.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 18, 2009. The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 26, 2009. Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that key provisions set to expire this year are 'exceptionally helpful.'
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 28, 2009. Obama fulfills a campaign promise, marking the end of an era of federal resistance to state medical marijuana programs.
Karen Dalton-Beninato, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 5, 2009. Two men Brandon Darby accused of planning subversive activity have been in federal prison since the RNC.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2008. A Twin Cities paper reports that a probe has been launched into Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman's ties to businessman Nasser Kazeminy.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 26, 2008. Attacks in India, FBI warning for New York City, Obama helping Wall Street, and more.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 14, 2008. With shoot first/ask questions later legislation passing across the country, are more Americans getting away with murder?
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 15, 2008. Recent steps by the FBI and other law enforcement organizations have severely undermined the right to privacy.
