Articles tagged with: FBI
Timothy J. Healy
Director, Terrorist Screening Center
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Statement Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
March 10, 2010
Good morning Chairman Lieberman, Ranking Member Collins, and members of the …
WASHINGTON – Federal agents handcuffed, detained and “abusively” interrogated a US student at Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying Arabic flashcards, a lawsuit claimed Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union …
By Louisa Taylor
It was the moment he and three friends had driven almost 1,000 kilometres to see.
Ahmed, a young Canadian born in Somalia and raised in Ottawa, watched intently as Barack Hussein Obama raised his …
By John Solomon and Carrie Johnson
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, January 19, 2010; A01
The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did …
By David Cole
In the fall of 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen on his way home from Tunisia, was pulled out of line by US officials while changing planes at New York’s John F. Kennedy …
By SPENCER ACKERMAN
Too close to racial profiling, says Michael German, a former FBI counterterrorism agent who’s now the civil liberties organization’s national-security legal counsel.
From a new statement:
“We should be focusing on evidence-based, targeted …
By Reem Salahi
A few weeks ago, five young Muslim men were arrested in Pakistan for allegedly seeking to join militant groups. The boys’ sudden disappearance coupled by a “farewell” video reignited the media’s obsession with …
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 20, 2009; A05
At a retirement party last week for the head of the FBI’s Washington field office, Muslim and Arab leaders presented the guest of honor with a …
By Edward Alden
Benamar Benatta was mysteriously handed over by Canada to U.S. authorities the day after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and spent nearly five years in American jails without ever being convicted of a crime.
Earlier …
By PAUL VITELLO and KIRK SEMPLE
The anxiety and anger have been building all year. In March, a national coalition of Islamic organizations warned that it would cease cooperating with the F.B.I. unless the agency stopped …
Dear Friends,
Congress is currently debating reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act. As you know, the PATRIOT Act has made it difficult for …
By Tom Burghardt
That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché.
It should come as no …
By Leslie Harris
President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology
Yesterday [October 8, 2009], the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize three expiring provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act. While the bill they passed …
From Muslim Advocates
On September 16, 2009, Muslim Advocates filed suit demanding that the FBI release the guidelines used by its agent to monitor the activities of innocent Americans. In response to the lawsuit — …
