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Big Brother Is Watching You Drive
Law enforcement agencies nationwide increasingly rely on automatic license-plate readers to track and store information on American drivers, a new report found, in the latest revelation on how the government gathers data on its citizens.
July 17, 2013
Is "Top Secret America" Making Us Safer? Live Chat Wed. 2 pm ET
Join us for a live chat about "Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings" with Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, FRONTLINE producer Mike Wiser and Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen.
April 30, 2013
The Boston Bombers: Who Knew What When
The FBI and the CIA had been tipped off about one of the bombers two years ago. Could the attacks have been prevented?
April 30, 2013
When "Top Secret America" Could Not Connect the Dots
Despite the billions spent on counterterrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Boston Marathon bombing was a reminder that intelligence officials will never be able to thwart every plot.
April 30, 2013
The Magazine that "Inspired" the Boston Bombers
As investigators uncover details about what motivated the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, an early report suggests the two brothers learned their violent tactics online from an English-language Al Qaeda propaganda magazine.
April 30, 2013
"Top Secret America" After the Boston Bombings
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Americans are asking why the country’s intelligence agencies failed to prevent the devastating attack.
April 26, 2013
Six Reasons the "Dark Side" Still Exists Under Obama
Obama banned torture, but hasn't taken steps to keep it from happening again, according to a recently released report.
April 22, 2013
Senate Report: Massive Post-9/11 Surveillance Apparatus A "Waste"
Today a Senate committee published the searing results of a two-year investigation concluding that fusion centers have "not produced useful intelligence to support Federal counterterrorism efforts" and have "too often wasted money and stepped on Americans’ civil liberties."
October 3, 2012
"Top Secret America" Price Tag at Record High
It cost at least $11.36 billion to guard America's secrets last year, according to a new report.
July 5, 2012
Docs Reveal FBI Used Muslim Outreach As Guise to Collect Intel
For at least four years, federal agents used Muslim community outreach meetings at mosques in Northern California as a guise to collect intelligence and catalog the identities, personal information, religious views and travel of religious leaders and congregants, FBI documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union revealed yesterday.
March 28, 2012
New Counterterrorism Guidelines Allow U.S. to Hold Americans' Data Longer
Signed yesterday, the new rules will allow the government to hold data on U.S. citizens who are not suspected of terrorist activity for 10 times longer than before.
March 23, 2012
NYPD Eyed Shia Muslims Based on Religion
News that the NYPD recommended increasing the surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on religion, is the latest report in the AP’s ongoing investigation into the department’s controversial intelligence unit and its questionable tactics.
February 3, 2012
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