Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday. The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism poli ...

A new precedent has been set. Despite extensive denial that drone strikes would endanger Americans, Attorney General Eric Holder has now openly admitted that four US citizens were killed through overseas drone strikes since 2009. While not on United States soil, the deaths of the US citizens in nations like Yemen and Pakistan highlight the new precedent being set by US government heads who wish to use drone ...

So the big question everyone wonders is: does the NSA read my e-mail? Based on the public statements of the former director of the National Security Agency, Justice Department attorneys, and others involved in NSA operations—as well as confidential information provided to the authors and verified independently by officials read in to the programs—here is how to tell if the NSA spies on you: The National Sec ...

Words to Avoid Online If You Don't Want to Join the Government's Watch List   The US Department of Homeland Security has released a list of the keywords and phrases the agency monitors online to find potential threats. Obviously posting "Al Queda" and "dirty bomb" online will get the government to start looking at you real closely, but "pork" and other oddly normal words are also on the list. In respon ...

An FBI incident review team from Washington, D.C., is in Orlando today, a day after a Russian man who knew Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot dead by an agent. Federal and Central Florida law enforcement agencies are still collecting and processing evidence from the shooting scene at a condominium complex on Peregrine Avenue, near Kirkman Road and Universal Orlando, where Ibragim Tod ...

Public schools in cooperation with the department of homeland security are now teaching kids safety measures, and advising that they seek relief in FEMA camps in a time of crisis. But are these post disaster relief camps, or military internment camps? by Cassius Methyl Intellihub.com May 23, 2013 FEMA , the Red Cross, and the department of homeland security are now using taxpayer money to educate children i ...

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin breaks down the immediate days after the Boston bombing, which included a lockdown of the city, and an overwhelming police presence. She gauges public sentiment from Bostonians about whether the police presence was warranted. ...

from the overreaction-is-our-only-reaction,-which-always-starts-off-a-chain-reaction dept The weather's (mostly) hot. School's almost out. And what better way to celebrate summer being almost here than being arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for throwing water balloons. Hail academia, forever teaching our youth that anything and everything will be punished to the fullest extent of the law, even childh ...

The Monsanto Company likes to proclaim that they are the good guys, here to selflessly feed the world, help with sustainable agriculture, and, as if those lofty goals are not enough, champion human rights across the globe. All you have to do is look at their commitments page to see how worthy they are of a shiny corporate halo: At the heart of Monsanto is a very clear and principled code of conduct – one we ...

An FBI agent shot and killed 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando, Florida in his apartment during questioning about his relationship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed by police. Anonymous state and federal law enforcement officials familiar with the situation told ABC that Todashev “just went crazy” and pulled a knife during his interview with the FBI. An unnamed ...