The NSA Will Stop Collecting Your Phone Metadata Tonight!
Thanks to Edward Snowden, a once-secret and always useless government surveillance programs draws to an end.
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Justice Department Distorts Sex-Trafficking Arrest Numbers
Loretta Lynch claims "hundreds of sex traffickers" were recently arrested by the FBI. It's not true.
Sex-Trafficking Rescue Op in Virginia Netted Fewer 'Pimps' Than Initially Advertised But More Prostitution and Drug Arrests
The biggest outcome of this costly and time-consuming FBI mission seems to be the arrest of 30 adults on old-fashioned vice charges.
Anarchists! Militias! The War on Cops! Halloween! It's All Connected, Sheeple!
The dubious tale of the "Halloween Revolt"
Police Prosecutions Have Increased, but Convictions Have Not
Meanwhile, shootings by police show no sign of slowing.
Don't Let Headlines Mislead You: Murders, Assaults of Police Officers Actually Below Average
There is no evidence that police are being targeted more than they've been in the past.
High-Profile Police Killings Left Out of FBI Stats
Eric Garner's death (nor any from New York) not among homicide stats.
Hundreds Arrested in FBI-Sponsored Prostitution Sting
Operation Cross Country is billed as a way to rescue sex-trafficked children but it's essentially a federally funded vice sting.
Federal Stats on Police Killings to Remain Incomplete, Confusing, Mostly Useless
FBI numbers have huge gaps from non-participating law enforcement agencies.
Rape Numbers Rise Along With FBI's 'More Inclusive Definition' of Rape
Men can now be counted as victims and the crime turns not on force but consent.
FBI Releases Crime Report for 2014; Violent Crime and Property Crime Both Down
Slight declines from the previous year, big declines from the previous decade
We May Soon Get to Know the Contents of an Actual National Security Letter
Federal court invalidates gag order extending more than a decade.
Decades After Straight Outta Compton, Gov't Still Has Rap In Its Crosshairs
Aspiring rap artists have tried to emulate the success of N.W.A. but end up having their lyrics used against them in court.
Why Wasn't Subway's Jared Fogle Charged With Human Trafficking?
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.
Spies, Lies, and the Underground
A new book shines some light on the violent radicals of the 1970s but misses their biggest impact on American politics.
Juggalos Unite! Why Insane Clown Posse Fans Were Never a Gang
The government's stupid attack on the fans of a horrorcore rap group.
The FBI Wants the Key to Your Data
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
Don't Be Terrorized By Your Government This Fourth of July
Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution.
40th Anniversary of Pine Ridge Shootout
Leonard Peltier serving a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents on Pine Ridge reservation in 1975.
The FBI Didn't Buy the Baltimore Cops' Conspiracy Theory
The supposed gang alliance to assassinate police officers was debunked within a day.
Ross Ulbricht Gets Life Sentence for Silk Road Conviction
The sentence is a miscarriage of justice, and will likely harm drug users down the road.
Federal Court Ruling Puts Cellphone Location Data Back in Police's Hands
'Third Party Doctrine' wins again.
The FBI's Forensics Disaster
This latest failure of criminal science again highlights the need for massive reforms at law enforcement agencies.
Feds Convict Elderly Bar Owner Who Allowed Prostitution Upstairs as 'Sex Trafficking Ring Leader'
FBI says Hortencia Medeles-Arguello, 71, "should have known" some of the women were being controlled by pimps.
How the FBI Helped Prosecutors Railroad Criminal Defendants
FBI forensic examiners provided flawed testimony in hundreds of cases.
The FBI Used to Have Integrity. Now Agents Lie, Cheat, and Break the Law.
The agency cuts constitutional corners in order to incriminate, then tries to change the subject.
The Crazy Guy Yelling on the Corner May Be the FBI's Next Big Terror Bust
The Intercept details another plot put together by the FBI
FBI Raids Alleged "Birthing Centers" For Rich Chinese Tourists
Twenty sites across Southern California were raided, with operators arrested on charges of fraud. The women were taken to hospitals.
The FBI and Domestic ISIS Arrest: Keeping Fear Alive as a Government Mission
A continuing pattern of domestic terror, courtesy of our FBI.
FBI Hangs Whistleblowers Out to Dry, Says Government Watchdog
The feds take up to 10 years to handle whistleblower retaliation complaints, and toss many out for bureaucratic reasons
Barrett Brown Gets 63 Months in Jail, Nearly a Million Fine
'Anonymous'-linked journalist convicted for issues arising from an FBI investigation into non-crimes.
Concerned Citizens Write to J. Edgar Hoover About Martin Luther King
Letters from the FBI's King files
Remember When 2,000 to 5,000 Al Qaeda Operatives Had Supposedly Infiltrated America?
A litany of failed forecasts about terrorism
New FBI Stats: Crime Rates Continue Their Long Decline
Both violent crime and property crime declined last year.
Dozens of Drug Cases Dismissed After Alleged FBI Tampering
Federal prosecutors dismiss indictments against 28
