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OPINION – Breach of Trust: FBI Wants it Both Ways
October 10, 2009 – 3:32 pm | No Comment
OPINION – Breach of Trust: FBI Wants it Both Ways

By New University Newspaper Editorial Board
University of California at Irvine
Imagine a man walks into your school, work, place of worship, community—a place you consider a home away from home. He gives you his name, origins …

FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant – After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him
October 10, 2009 – 2:16 pm | No Comment
FBI tries to deport Muslim man for refusing to be an informant – After Imam Foad Farahi declined to become a federal informant, the government tried to destroy him

By Trevor Aaronson
Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards signs littered the lawns of North Miami Beach as Imam Foad Farahi walked from a mosque to his apartment a few blocks away. It was November 1, 2004, the day …

Muslim Advocates Sues FBI Over Mosque Surveillance – Coverage in Politico.com prompts immediate federal response
September 16, 2009 – 6:31 pm | No Comment
Muslim Advocates Sues FBI Over Mosque Surveillance – Coverage in Politico.com prompts immediate federal response

September 16, 2009 – Muslim Advocates today filed suit in federal court in Washington, DC demanding access to surveillance guidelines issued by the FBI to its agents.
In the wake of concerns over federal agents infiltrating …

Student air passenger handcuffed to echoes of 9/11 fears
September 15, 2009 – 12:29 pm | No Comment
Student air passenger handcuffed to echoes of 9/11 fears

By Dave Davies
Philadelphia Daily News
EIGHT YEARS after 9/11, we’re used to changes in our routines. We show ID to get into office buildings, and take off our shoes at airports.
But should a college student flying …

Muslim Converts, Meet the FBI
May 24, 2009 – 12:24 pm | No Comment
Muslim Converts, Meet the FBI

By Colbert I. King
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Washington Post
Shortly after the London bombings, it became fashionable for some American commentators to cite the alienation of British Muslims as an example of a massive failure of assimilation …

FBI Blows It: Supposed Terror Plot Against NY Synagogues Is Bogus
May 24, 2009 – 11:34 am | No Comment
FBI Blows It: Supposed Terror Plot Against NY Synagogues Is Bogus

By Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation.

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.
By the now, it’s maddeningly familiar. …

FBI ‘lured dimwits’ into terror plot – The arrest of petty crooks over a plan to target Jews has put the use of sting operations under fire
May 24, 2009 – 11:27 am | No Comment
FBI ‘lured dimwits’ into terror plot – The arrest of petty crooks over a plan to target Jews has put the use of sting operations under fire

By Tony Allen-Mills, New York

ON the steps of New York city hall on Friday, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor, praised the police officers and federal agents who helped disrupt an apparent terrorist plot to …

Security: US terror watchlist now has one million known or suspected terrorists
May 7, 2009 – 2:31 pm | No Comment
Security: US terror watchlist now has one million known or suspected terrorists

By Chris Simkins
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, says the government’s terrorist watch list of known or suspected terrorists has grown to one million entries. The list – used by intelligence and law …

F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases – By SOLOMON MOORE
April 21, 2009 – 4:13 pm | No Comment
F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases – By SOLOMON MOORE

By SOLOMON MOORE

Law enforcement officials are vastly expanding their collection of DNA to include millions more people who have been arrested or detained but not yet convicted. The move, intended to help solve more …

Bring Abdelrazik home
April 6, 2009 – 2:46 pm | No Comment
Bring Abdelrazik home

By Kris Kotarski, For The Calgary Herald
The government of Canada is afraid that when he returns home, Abousfian Abdelrazik will talk.
That is the only possible reason why a Canadian citizen who has been publicly cleared …

U.S. Owes an Apology for Attack on Al-Shifa
August 20, 1999 – 5:53 pm | No Comment
U.S. Owes an Apology for Attack on Al-Shifa

By Faisal Kutty – A couple of days ago I was reviewing different news reports dealing with the U.S. bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum one year ago today. I was shocked with …