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Cleric on US kill list attended Pentagon lunch after 9/11: reports
A US citizen linked to Al Qaeda who is being targeted for extra-judicial killing by the CIA lunched at the Pentagon several months after the 9/11 attacks, news sources confirmed Wednesday. Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric born in New Mexico who is now believed to be in Yemen, was invited…
US wants to ease telecom wiretapping: report
An Obama administration taskforce is seeking to overhaul a federal law requiring telephone and broadband carriers to ensure their networks can be wiretapped, The New York Times reported Tuesday (link). Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials from the Justice and Commerce Departments, the FBI and other federal agencies told the Times…
FBI agents ‘cheated’ on test related to rules on spying on Americans
Justice IG finds cheating by FBI agents on test of their knowledge of surveillance rules A Justice Department investigation has found that FBI agents, including several supervisors, cheated on an important test covering the bureau’s policies for conducting surveillance on Americans. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine said Monday that…
Activists: FBI raids an ‘attempt to intimidate anti-war movement’
Two anti-war activists said Saturday that a 12-hour search of their Chicago home by the FBI was an attempt to intimidate them and silence the peace movement. Joe Iosbaker and his wife, Stephanie Weiner, said the government targeted them because they’ve been outspoken against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…
Nationwide FBI terrorism raids target anti-war activists
The FBI said it searched eight homes in Minneapolis and Chicago as part of a terrorism investigation on Friday, and two subjects said the agency is targeting leaders of the anti-war movement. FBI spokesman Steve Warfield told The Associated Press agents served six warrants in Minneapolis and two in Chicago.…
FBI: Man who threatened Obama wanted Muslim-Christian ‘apocalypse’
An Army veteran arrested after a seven-hour standoff was charged Wednesday with threatening to kill President Barack Obama as part of what authorities said was his plan to ignite a war between Muslims and Christians and “start an apocalypse.” Federal agents arrested Roman Otto Conaway, 50, when he surrendered early…
FBI foils alleged Chicago bomb plot
A Lebanese immigrant was arrested after placing what he believed to be a bomb in a trash bin outside a Chicago nightclub in an alleged plot to overthrow the mayor, officials said Monday. Sami Samir Hassoun, 22, was under regular surveillance and attempted to carry out the plot with the…
IG: FBI gave inaccurate statements claiming terror link to anti-war rally
Justice Dept IG: FBI had no reason to expect anyone of interest at the event The FBI gave inaccurate information to Congress and the public when it claimed a possible terrorism link to justify surveilling an anti-war rally in Pittsburgh, the Justice Department’s inspector general said Monday in a report…
US couple allegedly tried to help Venezuela develop nuclear weapon
A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after an FBI sting operation and charged with offering to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. They were accused of dealing with an FBI undercover agent posing as a Venezuelan agent, but…
Ex-Los Alamos scientists charged with ‘helping Venezuela build nuke’
A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after an FBI sting operation and charged with conspiring to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela. After their arrest, the two appeared in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M. They were accused of…
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