Jun 23 Watch News Wrap: FBI recovers child victims of sex trafficking across the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a nationwide FBI operation has recovered 168 victims of child sex trafficking. The children are Americans and many had never been reported missing, said FBI director James Comey. Also, Syria handed over the last of… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Why did it take so long to capture key Benghazi suspect? By PBS News Hour U.S. special forces, with the help of the FBI, apprehended Abu Khattala, one of the suspected ring leaders of the 2012 embassy attack in Benghazi, Libya. Khattala is the first accused perpetrator of the attacks to be taken into U.S. Continue watching
May 29 How an unlikely group changed the face of the FBI, retold in ‘The Burglary’ By Victoria Fleischer “There was a sense in the anti-war movement that it was being infiltrated by spies, by informers, but there was no evidence,” said Betty Medsger, author of "The Burglary." In 1971, a small group of unlikely individuals -- including a… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch With power of facial recognition and high-tech surveillance, where to draw the line between safety and spying? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 25 Criminal charges coming against Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm By Jake Pearson, Associated Press NEW YORK — Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm’s attorney says federal prosecutors in New York plan on filing criminal charges against the lawmaker. Lawyer William McGinley says in a statement Friday he’s not surprised by the government’s decision. He says… Continue reading
Apr 24 Taliban signals willingness to release captive U.S. soldier, military officials say By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The captors of an American soldier held for nearly five years in Afghanistan have signaled a willingness to release him but are unclear which U.S. government officials have the authority to make a deal, according to two individuals… Continue reading
Apr 23 Lawsuit alleges FBI misused no-fly list to recruit would-be Muslim informants By Ellen Rolfes Four Muslim men who are U.S. residents have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, alleging that their rights were violated because they refused to spy on their local Muslim communities on behalf of the FBI. They claim that the… Continue reading
Apr 17 At Kansas City memorial, Holder calls hate crimes an ‘affront to who we are’ By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Eric Holder told hundreds of Kansas City, Kan. mourners Thursday that all Americans stood with their community after three people were killed at two Jewish facilities, in what local and federal authorities have called a hate crime. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch At Kansas City memorial, Holder calls hate crimes an ‘affront to who we are’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Senate report says CIA misled Americans on severity, efficacy of interrogation program By PBS News Hour A classified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee claims that the CIA misled the government and the public over aspects of its interrogation program for years. According to The Washington Post, the agency concealed details about the severity of its… Continue watching