AltWeeklies Wire
Spying on Big Brothernew
Now you can find out if you're being surveilled by the FBI.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Watching Big Brothernew
Is the government spying on you? The Freedom of Information Act is one good way to find out. Here's how.
Missoula Independent |
Fredric Alan Maxwell |
09-21-2006 |
Civil Liberties
A Matter of Authoritynew
For 20 years, the Critical Art Ensemble has made challenging interventionist art -- now one of its members may spend 20 years in federal prison for it.
Metroland |
Shawn Stone |
03-10-2006 |
Civil Liberties
The Bush Family Coupnew
The son revisits the sins of the father on America.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-04-2006 |
Politics
Brother of Fugitive Fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Arrestednew
Seth Steed Jeffs, 32, was carrying at least $142,000 in cash when he was arrested, police claim, and has been charged with concealing his older brother, polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs, from arrest.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
11-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Documents for the Undocumentednew
Immigrants could buy a driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Oakland, Calif. The tale of how they did suggests the problem may be widespread.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-12-2005 |
Immigration
Forever Missingnew
One woman hoped to get help from the FBI in her husband's mysterious disappearance in 1983. Instead she got crooked agents working with violent drug dealers. Second in a four-part series.
Miami New Times |
Bob Norman |
08-15-2005 |
International
Probing the Animal Rights Undergroundnew
Federal officials are targeting animal-rights activists in an investigation connected to San Francisco Bay area terror attacks.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
06-13-2005 |
Animal Issues
Trouble at an Ohio Sikh Templenew
A conflict between cut and uncut members of a Sikh temple in Bedford, Ohio, led to a fistfight and a request from the city law director that the temple remain shut for two weeks to allow tempers to cool.
Cleveland Scene |
Charu Gupta |
05-17-2005 |
Religion
Leading With Her Heartnew
Manlin Chee, an outspoken immigration lawyer, is in federal prison after she was targeted by an FBI sting operation. Her case raises questions about the fate of those who speak up for immigrants.
INDY Week |
Barbara Solow |
05-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
How Two Tempe Women Found Scott Peterson's Missing Cementnew
A photo Genna McCallie took of a bag of cement in Scott Peterson's driveway drew her and her friend Kathy Monkman into a murder case they'd only intended to comment on online.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Past Is Present: A Look Back at COINTELPROnew
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking for government files on the surveillance and questioning of nonviolent activists involved with anti-war, environmental and free-speech groups. Do Americans really want to return to the days when peaceful critics become the subject of government investigations?
INDY Week |
Jon Elliston |
01-03-2005 |
Nonfiction
Don Perata: The Man, the Machine, the Investigationnew
The current federal investigation of California State Senate President Don Perata most likely began with a tip from a jilted lover bent on revenge. Express reporters examine the sources of Perata's power and what he's done with it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon, Chris Thompson and Will Harper |
12-13-2004 |
Politics
FBI Invites Reporters to Leave Their Thumbprintsnew
A reporter visiting the FBI's Sacramento headquarters on FBI Media Day beats the polygraph test, leaves his thumbprint and footprint for who knows what purposes, and is assured by an FBI official that the Patriot Act has "minimal effect" on what the agency does.
Sacramento News & Review |
Harmon Leon |
08-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
I Was a Federal Informantnew
After the wrong type of tenant moves in, a Philadelphia landlord finds himself mixed up with seven government agencies, a Jamaican drug ring and a North Philadelphia community center.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Amy L. Webb |
06-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
