Department of Justice Invites UN into US Cities to Make You Safer
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Watchdog Demands Rules on FBI Media Spying
By Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News | August 3, 2015 The Department of Justice refuses to reveal its unpublished rules for spying on journalists, and the Freedom of the Press Foundation demands a look at them, in Federal Court. The foundation sued the Justice Department on Friday under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking expedited […]
Filmmaker Laura Poitras Sues US Over ‘Kafkaesque’ Harassment
Lawsuit requests records from intelligence agencies that have unlawfully detained, searched, and interrogated filmmaker for six years By Nadia Prupis | Common Dreams | July 14, 2015 Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras on Monday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. intelligence agencies for subjecting her to what she […]
The DOJ is investing millions of dollars in research to spy on students at public schools nationwide
PrivacySOS | July 17, 2015 The Department of Justice’s National Institute for Justice funds law enforcement research to the tune of tens of millions of dollars each year. The full list of grants, posted each year, is a valuable insight into future of law enforcement trends in the United States. NIJ funding for 2014 appears […]
I Was a Teenage Unlobbyist
The recent TPP fracas has people wondering aloud about the lobbying function in America with an intensity reminiscent of the days of Jack Abramoff. Alas, lobbying does not yield itself to a neat, singular description.
OMG, you can go to prison for illegal campaign coordination! Who knew?
Hmm, back in February 2011 (the same month that "Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power") Fox Noise couldn't seem to figure out whether Tyler Harber was "President, Wilson Research Strategies" or -- as he was identified in a graphic seconds later -- "VP AND DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION AT WRS." The following year Elections and Campaigns magazine would name the Republican consultant a "Rising Star.""It was something
Do cops understand how bad they're made to look by the hysterics who ritually screech "Anti-police! Anti-police!"?
In his "one-on-one stidown" last night with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, The Nightly Show's Larry Wilmore asked about the mayor's relations with police, and they had -- wonder of wonders! -- a genuinely sensible conversation about race.by KenFor his first Nightly Show "one-on-one," Larry Wilmore sat down last night with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. (The mayor is becoming something of a TV "presence." As the NYT's Michael M.