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FBI phone and email snooping tactic ruled unconstitutional
A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its “pervasive” use of National Security letters to secretly snoop on phone and email records, ruling Friday that the heavily used tactic was unconstitutional. The order issued by US District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco came as a surprising…
Canadian woman in largest U.S. eco-terrorism case surrenders
LOS ANGELES — A Canadian women wanted over the “largest eco-terrorism case” in US history surrendered Thursday, after a decade on the run for a series of arson attacks starting in the 1990s, investigators said. Rebecca Jeanette Rubin, 39, handed herself in to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Four California men charged with hatching terrorist plot
Four California men were arrested on Monday on charges that they hatched a terrorist plot to target Americans in Afghanistan. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that the alleged ringleader, 34-year-old Soheil Omar Kabir, an Afghan native, traveled to his former home country earlier this year and made plans…
America’s 2011 drug war tally: One marijuana arrest every 42 seconds
New numbers released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program show that nearly half of all drug arrests in 2011 were marijuana-related, and of those arrests almost 90 percent were for possession alone. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a drug reform advocacy group, said that…
FBI to probe Houston police over killing of wheelchair-bound double amputee
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Monday that it is investigating the police shooting of Brian Claunch, a wheelchair-bound double amputee who was reportedly armed only with a ballpoint pen, according to The Associated Press. “In addition to the usual internal review, [Houston Police Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr.] has…
Judge: U.S. must present evidence against Kim Dotcom before extradition
A New Zealand judge on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to give MegaUpload creator Kim Dotcom access to the U.S. government’s evidence against him, enabling the man accused of running the largest criminal copyright operation in history to mount a proper defense at an extradition hearing set for March.…
Shock rockers Insane Clown Posse to sue FBI
Shock rock group Insane Clown Posse said Friday that it plans to sue the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the law enforcement agency issued a report last year that labeled their fans, better known as “Juggalos,” as a loosely organized criminal gang. “We got a huge announcment to make at…
Watch live: FBI discusses Sikh temple shooting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation held a press conference on Wednesday regarding the Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The FBI has said that the shooting, in which suspect Wade Michael Page entered the Sikh temple during services and shot six people before police shot and killed Page himself,…
U.S. offers $1 million reward over killing of border agent Brian Terry
LOS ANGELES — US authorities offered a $1 million reward Monday for information about four suspects wanted over the killing of a border agent in December 2010. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published the names as an indictment was unsealed charging five suspects with offenses including first degree murder…
Loophole lets cruise ship rapes go unreported
An innocuous-looking loophole in the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 (PDF) has allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) neglect the reporting requirement for sexual assaults on American citizens in international waters, according to reporter Matthew Harwood, writing for Salon. That law requires cruise companies to protect…
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