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Documents detail US law enforcement use of social networks

AFP Global Edition 15 hours ago

Criminals beware! US law enforcement authorities may be stalking you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Twitter. Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveal some of the ways the FBI and tax agents are ...

American Jihadists

AP News yesterday

FILE - In an undated file photo provided by the Department of Justice, Daniel Patrick Boyd is shown. Tthe North Carolina man named as the ringleader of an aspiring terrorism group sold most of the weapons he purchased and wanted to make ...

When tweets can make you a jailbird

AP News yesterday

The feds turn to social networks to fight crime, hoping that tweet will give them a jailbird Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow ...

A shameful smear

Las Vegas Sun yesterday

Conservative group targets defense attorneys for doing their jobs well A group headed by former Vice President Dick CheneyÕs daughter, Liz, has been attacking the Justice Department. In an Internet ad that has gained wide notice, Keep America Safe questions the loyalty ...

Break the law and your new 'friend' may be the FBI

AP News 2 days ago

Facebook feds go undercover: Report shows FBI, other agents dipping quietly into social media The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going ...

US casino cheat sentenced to prison

AFP American Edition 2 days ago

A US man who set up an elaborate conspiracy to cheat US and Canadian casinos of millions of dollars was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Monday, the Justice Department said. Officials said Phuong Quoc Truong will also forfeit nearly three ...

AG sees promising change toward open government

AP News 2 days ago

Attorney general: Government is disclosing more information to the public, still more needed Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday to pursue a government-wide strategy to open greater amounts of information to the public. In the past year, "we've seen something truly promising: ...

AG: Truly promising change in open government

AP News 2 days ago

Attorney general: government is engaging in greater public disclosure of information Attorney General Eric Holder says the government is well on the way to fulfilling a commitment by the Obama administration for greater disclosure of information to the public. In remarks to ...

Justice Department witchhunt backfires in US

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

A witchhunt orchestrated by George W. Bush supporters against government lawyers representing Guantanamo inmates has backfired, as conservatives joined the outcry against the McCarthy-like attacks. "Who are these government officials? Eric Holder would only name two. What's the secrecy behind the other ...

Second U.S. woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the Journal's online ...

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