Justice Department Distorts Sex-Trafficking Arrest Numbers
Loretta Lynch claims "hundreds of sex traffickers" were recently arrested by the FBI. It's not true.
Loretta Lynch claims "hundreds of sex traffickers" were recently arrested by the FBI. It's not true.
The biggest outcome of this costly and time-consuming FBI mission seems to be the arrest of 30 adults on old-fashioned vice charges.
The dubious tale of the "Halloween Revolt"
Meanwhile, shootings by police show no sign of slowing.
There is no evidence that police are being targeted more than they've been in the past.
Eric Garner's death (nor any from New York) not among homicide stats.
Operation Cross Country is billed as a way to rescue sex-trafficked children but it's essentially a federally funded vice sting.
FBI numbers have huge gaps from non-participating law enforcement agencies.
Men can now be counted as victims and the crime turns not on force but consent.
Slight declines from the previous year, big declines from the previous decade
Federal court invalidates gag order extending more than a decade.
Aspiring rap artists have tried to emulate the success of N.W.A. but end up having their lyrics used against them in court.
The new federal sex trafficking law makes very clear that anyone paying for sex with a teen is guilty of the crime of human trafficking.
A new book shines some light on the violent radicals of the 1970s but misses their biggest impact on American politics.
The government's stupid attack on the fans of a horrorcore rap group.
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution.
Leonard Peltier serving a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents on Pine Ridge reservation in 1975.
The supposed gang alliance to assassinate police officers was debunked within a day.
The sentence is a miscarriage of justice, and will likely harm drug users down the road.
'Third Party Doctrine' wins again.
This latest failure of criminal science again highlights the need for massive reforms at law enforcement agencies.
FBI says Hortencia Medeles-Arguello, 71, "should have known" some of the women were being controlled by pimps.
FBI forensic examiners provided flawed testimony in hundreds of cases.
The agency cuts constitutional corners in order to incriminate, then tries to change the subject.
The Intercept details another plot put together by the FBI
Twenty sites across Southern California were raided, with operators arrested on charges of fraud. The women were taken to hospitals.
A continuing pattern of domestic terror, courtesy of our FBI.
The feds take up to 10 years to handle whistleblower retaliation complaints, and toss many out for bureaucratic reasons
'Anonymous'-linked journalist convicted for issues arising from an FBI investigation into non-crimes.
Letters from the FBI's King files
A litany of failed forecasts about terrorism
Both violent crime and property crime declined last year.
Federal prosecutors dismiss indictments against 28
Agents sent story link to 15-year-old suspect's MySpace page
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