What We Must Ask About Surveillance State Failures
Understanding the depths of the FBI’s intelligence powers, as well as how the FBI deploys them. This week's guest post from Chip Gibbons.
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Right Before 9/11, FBI Counterterrorism Agents Were Busy Snooping In Anarchists' Trash
Judge Orders Former Fox News Reporter To Reveal Confidential Source
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A United States judge upheld a subpoena requiring former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to reveal the identity of a confidential source, who allegedly committed a Privacy Act violation against Chinese American scientist Yanping
In Assange Case, Disaffected Journalists Reject FBI Requests To Aid Prosecution
U.S. prosecutors have quite a struggle ahead if they hope to convince journalists frustrated with Assange’s behavior to aid them in their attack on freedom of the press.
Manufacturing Espionage: FBI Targeted Former NSA Employee Who Had Substantial Debt
A former NSA employee was charged with violating the Espionage Act after an undercover FBI agent impersonating an representative of the Russian government convinced him to transmit secret documents via a “secure” connection that was setup by the FBI at Denver’s Union Station.
Jareh Dalke, a 30-year-old man living
Interview With National Security Journalist William Arkin: FBI Faces Political Disaster
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In 2019, longtime national security journalist William Arkin appeared on "Democracy Now!" and spoke out against liberals in the United States who believed the FBI (and CIA)