The House of Representatives approved an extension of the USA Patriot Act with no new privacy measures—a move protested by the ACLU and other civil rights groups.
B’nai Brith Canada’s 2009 “Audit of Antisemitic Incidents” reports over 1,200 incidents last year, an 11% increase over 2008 and a five-fold increase over the last decade.
While politicians and law enforcement equivocate on whether the Austin attack was an act of “terrorism,” Teabaggers and Patriots are hailing Joe Stack as a “hero.”
Guillame Joseph-Marc Beaulieu, 27 of Vancouver, has been arrested as “ringleader” of the “Black Bloc” anarchists who rioted in the city in protests against the Winter Olympics.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the 22-year prison term for so-called “millennium bomber” Ahmed Ressam, finding that a district court imposed a too lenient sentence.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against an Oklahoma anti-immigrant law, but did permit the state to enact provisions mandating employer use of E-Verify.
US federal magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth surprised observers by sentencing three activists to six-month prison terms for trespassing on the US Army’s Fort Benning base.
The details surrounding the deaths of several individuals inside US immigration detention centers were intentionally concealed, the New York Times reports—despite Obama pledges of openness.
Civil rights groups opposed stricter screening procedures for passengers entering the US from 14 countries, calling the measures unconstitutional “religious profiling” against Muslims.
Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans are advising police in Salinas on “counterinsurgency strategy” in the wake of deadly gang violence in the California city.
Specious terrorism busts in which a close reading of news accounts reveals that the supposed plot actually originated with police or FBI infiltrators continue to be alarmingly common.
The FBI conducted anti-gang sweeps across South LA, arresting 74 suspected members of the Rolling 40s, as the DEA announced charges against 18 in a high-tech marijuana ring.
