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9/11

March 28

US acted to conceal evidence of intelligence failure before 9/11

Source: Guardian UK  

9/11

March 23

Classified documents contradict FBI on post-9/11 probe of Saudis, ex-senator says

Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who co-chaired Congress’ Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has seen two classified FBI documents that he says are at odds with the bureau’s public statements that there was no connection between the hijackers and Saudis then living in Sarasota, Fla.

“There are significant inconsistencies between the public statements of the FBI in September and what I read in the classified documents,” Graham said.

Source: MSNBC  

Europe/UK, Surveillance

February 20

Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan

Details of every phone call and text message, email traffic and websites visited online are to be stored in a series of vast databases under new Government anti-terror plans.

Landline and mobile phone companies and broadband providers will be ordered to store the data for a year and make it available to the security services under the scheme.

Source: Telegraph UK  

Corruption, Drugs

December 4

D.E.A. Launders Mexican Profits of Drug Cartels

Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials.

The high-risk activities raise delicate questions about the agency’s effectiveness in bringing down drug kingpins, underscore diplomatic concerns about Mexican sovereignty, and blur the line between surveillance and facilitating crime.

Source: New York Times  

Black Ops, War on Terror

October 11

FBI’s case against anthrax suspect rife with questions

Ten years after the attack, an in-depth examination of the case against Ivins by PBS’ “Frontline,” McClatchy Newspapers and ProPublica raises fresh doubts about the government’s evidence and questions whether - despite a $100 million investigation - the real anthrax killer remains on the loose.

Source: Kansas City Star  
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