Secretive DEA Unit Sends Data Gathered Through Surveillance to Law Enforcement Nationwide
Trying to hide how the investigations start from defense lawyers as well as prosecutors and judges
Civil Liberties
FBI Wants to Patch Right In to Telecom Providers to Collect Metadata
If your phone provider doesn't have the tools to give the feds what they want, don't worry! The FBI is more than happy to provide them.
Cops Shoot Armed Fourteen-Year-Old Who Was Allegedly Shooting At Others
Dead 14-year-old shot a round either at cops or the man who ran passed them after police ordered him to drop his weapon
Cities Using Civil Forfeiture to Combat Perceived Nuisances
Private property rights a major casualty
Tawana Brawley Starts Repaying Man She Falsely Accused of Rape
Judgment came in 1998
Other Federal Agencies Want Access to Data NSA Compiles
Want surveillance to help track everything from drug trafficking to copyright infringement
NSA Includes Canada, Mexico as Part of "Homeland" for Terror Prevention Claims
As seen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Cop Charged With Misdemeanor Battery After Pepper Spraying Teen's Pizza
Teen and his friends got sick after eating the pizza, teen called police suspecting deputy sprayed his pizza
State Seizes Two-Year-Old Child From Parents Because They Smoked Pot, Child Dies in Foster Care
Alex Hill spent time in two foster homes in Texas, second foster mother now charged with murder
Former State Department Official Says Access to Intelligence-Sharing System Was Tightened After Manning's Leaks
Says the leaks undid many of the benefits of the system
Dunphy Reviews Balko's "Rise of the Warrior Cop"
An LAPD officer reviews a book on the militarization of America's police forces
Kerry Optimistic Pakistan Drone Strikes Will End Soon
Because they're successful, not because of horrifying collateral damage and outrage
Brazil Protests Challenge Establishment Political Parties and Social Movements
Not so easy to define
Senate Struggles to Define Journalists for Shield Law
Want to control who does and doesn't get protections (Hint: WikiLeaks is on the 'no' list)
Snowden Settling in at Undisclosed Russian Location
Exhausted and misses his girlfriend
Miss. Law Forces Paternity Tests from Some Teen Moms
If they're unwilling to divulge the father, the state will collect blood from the umbilical cord
Texas Drops Subpoena Regarding Tweets About Abortion Law
Probably had enough ridicule
Woman Sues After Cops Praise Police Dog for Tearing Her Leg Apart
They told the mutt, " Awesome ... you deserve a Slurpee."
