Fighting crime with computers in Minnesota

By G.W. Schulz

The state of Minnesota’s unique privacy laws predate even the federal Privacy Act of 1974. They’re designed to protect sensitive personal in

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"… federal Privacy Act of 1974, passed months later in the wake of Nixon-era spy scandals to ensure the confidentiality of personal information such as Soc …"

"… out key individuals seems laudable, all of Minnesota’s new databases and spy toys come on the heels of controversies that have dogged such investments. …"

Assessing RNC police tactics, part I

By G.W. Schulz

Intelligence-led policing played a starring role in 2008's Republican National Convention, and eight political activists stand accused of co

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"… innesota Joint Analysis Center through the state’s open-records laws. …"

"… traordinary mining and sharing of police intelligence, while also adopting spy methods to gather information.In contrast to Bush administration officials …"

"… ts grew — the FBI directed additional informants as far away as Texas to spy on those heading to St. Paul for the RNC. Documents show that confidential …"

Are things any different in Denver?

By G.W. Schulz

The state of Colorado had its own fusion center. But authorities there refused a public-records request for documents showing what role the

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"… history of conducting activities that concern civil libertarians today — spying on individuals engaged in peaceful activities. As a result of a lawsuit …"

"… officials, local civil rights and labor leaders were the subject of an FBI spy operation in the ’70s, and I know what it feels like to be the subject o …"

"… or are merely suspected of nonviolent civil disobedience. The so-called “spy files” were archived, indexed, and made available at the Denver Public L …"

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Top spy job is no plum

By Peter Newbatt Smith

President-Elect Barack Obama has been slow to name his choice for the government’s top intelligence job, director of national intelligence.

Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

Faced with record deficits and expanding federal responsibilities, politicians from President Barack Obama on down routinely talk about the

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"… the Central Intelligence Agency, often in the limelight with its sweeping spy powers, hasn’t had a presidentially appointed inspector general since th …"

Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

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"… er two years earlier by a former KGB major who had been part of the Soviet spy agencys ideological counterintelligence branch.The former U.S. intelligenc …"

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Open your mind

By Stephen Engelberg

NEW YORK, March 1, 1999 — Day-to-day, investigative reporting is about sweat and perseverance. Forget about the widely held view that govern

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"… . You should make some calls.” And so we did.I had been covering the big spy cases of 1985 and 1986. I didn’t really have great sources. Everybody I …"

Letter from London: A history lesson on Iraq

By Philip Knightley

'If you think Saddam Hussein is a hard man to deal with, just wait for the next generation of Iraqi leaders,' author says

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"… recent. (The British Arabist, St John Philby, father of the notorious KGB spy Kim Philby, negotiated a deal between the Standard Oil Company of Californ …"

How the plotters slipped U.S. net

LONDON, October 10, 2001 — As US forces converge on Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's satellite phone has not been cut off. But calls to the te

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"… that, unless primed by intelligence from traditional agents, these massive spy libraries are doomed to fail. The problem with NSA’s purely technologica …"

Live pictures taken by U.S. planes were freely available

The war on terrorism in Europe is being undermined by a military communications system that makes it easier for terr

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"… ew-release movies.For more than six months, live pictures from U.S. aerial spy missions have been broadcast in real time to viewers throughout Europe and …"

"… meaning that anyone in the region with a normal satellite TV receiver can spy on U.S. surveillance operations as they happen.NATO, whose forces in forme …"

"… erest in persuing (sic) this matter,” he was told.Five months later, the spy plane observations were still being broadcast to Europe.The spy flights, c …"

"… later, the spy plane observations were still being broadcast to Europe.The spy flights, conducted by U.S. Army and Navy units and AirScan Inc., a Florida …"

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