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Attack on the Dreamnew

Though unexploded, Kevin Harpham's backpack bomb sent ripples across Spokane, Wash. Inside the plea deal with the attempted Martin Luther King Day parade bomber.
The Inlander  |  Chris Stein  |  09-16-2011  |  Crime & Justice

What Constitutes Terrorism?new

Three Muslim men from North Carolina will stand trial next week. Are they really terrorists or were they just posturing?
INDY Week  |  Aaron Lake Smith  |  09-14-2011  |  Crime & Justice

A South Florida Muslim Leader Refused to Be a Snitch, So the Feds Tried to Destroy Himnew

The FBI's intense efforts to pressure Imam Foad Farahi into becoming an informant reveal the government's desperation to infiltrate local Muslim communities. His battle with the government is not only daring but also unusual.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Trevor Aaronson  |  10-13-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vicenew

A gray-haired 57-year-old Florida man named Roman Vidal smuggled millions of cigarettes from Miami to Dublin criminals who funded a terrorist group, investigators say. The charges are just the latest link between black-market U.S. smokes and violent terrorist groups around the world.
Miami New Times  |  Tim Elfrink  |  07-06-2009  |  Crime & Justice

The Quixotic Campaign to Let Terrorist Eduardo Arocena Out of Jailnew

Dozens in South Florida and beyond have thrown themselves into the most quixotic of campaigns: trying to persuade President Bush to parole a terrorist named Eduardo Arocena, who was convicted of two murders as well as 32 bombings from Manhattan to Little Havana. They just might succeed.
Miami New Times  |  Tim Elfrink  |  09-29-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Everything We Know About Security Is Wrongnew

So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier -- and the Transportation Security Administration is listening.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Jonathan Kaminsky  |  08-22-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Matters of Life and Deathnew

Ten years after identifying his brother as the Unabomber, David Kaczynski talks about what the experience cost him, and what it taught him about the criminal-justice system.
Metroland  |  Rick Marshall  |  01-27-2006  |  Crime & Justice

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