Prez cand Stein (G) calls for FBI to act on the White Supremacist Threat

the nation is not adequately addressing the terrorism threat from white supremacist groups

Papa Hemingway and FBI

IW:  They said Hemingway committed suicide because of his paranoid delusions.  Proof of this was his constant talk of being under FBI surveillance.  I mean, come on.  Until this New York Times article turned up this weekend titled Hemingway, Hounded by the Feds: Decades later, in response to a Freedom of Information petition, the F.B.I. released its […]

Heartless Idiot of the Decade Award goes to…

This quote is from a Newsday story about Peter King’s Congressional Hearings to investigate Muslim-Americans: …Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Scottsdale, Ariz., physician who in 2003 founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, like Bihi, blamed established American Muslim advocacy groups for a perceived lack of cooperation between Muslim civic leaders and law enforcement. “Too […]

Obama Kills The Fourth Amendment » American Civil Liberties Union

In 1994 the FBI decided it needed a surveillance system built into the telephone network to enable it to listen to any conversation with the flip of a switch. Congress obliged by passing the Communication Assistance to Law Enforcement Act CALEA, forcing the telecoms to rebuild their networks to be “wiretap ready.” Seventeen years later, […]

Green Party speaks out against FBI raids targeting peace activists

Green Party: Raids and harassment against peace activists by FBI, police, and prosecutors must end Green Party co-chair Theresa El-Amin to speak at a conference in North Carolina against FBI raids on Feb. 19 Green Party leaders called for an end to FBI harassment, raids, false entrapment, and other violations of the rights of peace […]

Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Condemns FBI Raids on Antiwar Activists

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer […]

Green Party of Minnesota Supports Peace Activists Raided by FBI

News that five homes of well-known peace activists in Minneapolis had been raided and searched by FBI agents yesterday morning brought expressions of outrage from members of the Green Party´s state coordinating committee.  They voiced support for the Anti War Committee and other local groups with which the activists are associated. They believe that accusations […]

The War Machine has sprung forward…spring back…

The following demonstrations were called with the purpose of protesting FBI raids on peace activists which appear to be a government action to stifle dissent. Note that over the weekend, NATO did air strikes in Pakistan. It appears that the war machine is taking steps forward. It would be good for the peace movement to […]

NYCLU Seeks Records about FBI Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data across New York State

The New York Civil Liberties Union today asked FBI offices in New York City, Albany and Buffalo to turn over records related to the agency’s collection and use of race and ethnicity data in neighborhoods across New York State. According to a 2008 FBI operations guide, FBI agents have the authority to collect information about […]

FBI’s Most Wanted: Your Browsing Activity

from Mashable FBI Director Robert Mueller wants ISPs to track “origin and destination information” about their customers’ browsing habits and store them for authorities’ use for two years, according to a CNET report. That would mean monitoring the IP addresses, domains and exact websites users visit, and then storing that information for months. If officials […]

An American-educated Pakistani woman on trial in New York

KW: I heard this story on the radio on Democracy Now! The part that made me saddest was that the family said that this woman probably has mental health issues such as post traumatic stress. And, she does not want to come to court everyday, because going involves a series of humiliating cavity searches. It […]

National Lawyers Guild Calls for Immediate and Independent Investigation into Assassination of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah by FBI Agents in Dearborn

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls for an immediate and independent investigation into the FBI’s fatal shooting on October 28 of Islamic leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah in Dearborn, Michigan. The FBI killed him during a series of raids of the Masjid Al-Haqq Mosque by federal and local law enforcement officials in which 11 others […]

Each day, 1,600 suggestions for FBI’s terrorist watch list

(excerpt from) Washington Post 1,600 are suggested daily for FBI’s list Number of names on terrorist watch list at 400,000, agency says By Walter Pincus / Sunday, November 1, 2009 Newly released FBI data offer evidence of the broad scope and complexity of the nation’s terrorist watch list, documenting a daily flood of names nominated […]

Did the FBI wrongly target a Green Party elected official?

Massachusetts Green Rainbow Party: FBI Case Against Turner Unravels; Renewed call for Investigation of FBI Targeting Chuck Turner is a elected official in Massachusetts. He is a member of the Green Rainbow Party. The FBI’s “cooperating witness” who is the foundation of the FBI attempt to convict Chuck Turner and Dianne Wilkerson of extortion has […]