author Trevor Aaronson

In fact, it seems that law enforcement doesn't prevent on-going plots, but actually help to manufacture them according to The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism, by Trevor Aaronson. In the press conferences of law enforcement heavy-bearded Muslims who have been convicted ...

Below is a list and brief discussion of what this author believes to be the most glaring inconsistencies and overall problems evident in information and coverage ..... According to investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson, throughout the so-called “War on Terror” the FBI has been directly involved in cultivating ...

In his 2013 book, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson showed that only 1 percent of the more than 500 defendants charged with federal terrorism offenses in the decade following 9/11 were actually involved in terrorist activities. In the ...

In his 2013 book, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson showed that only 1 percent of the more than 500 defendants charged with federal terrorism offenses in the decade following 9/11 were actually involved in terrorist activities. In the ...

To discuss these issues, Democracy Now! spoke with George Ciccariello-Maher, a visiting scholar at the Hemispheric Institute at New York University and the author of Decolonizing Dialectics, and Trevor Aaronson, executive director and co-founder of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and a ...

For more, we speak with George Ciccariello-Maher, a visiting scholar at the Hemispheric Institute at New York University and the author of “Decolonizing Dialectics,” and Trevor Aaronson, executive director and co-founder of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and a contributing writer to The ...

Our own Margot Williams has been a researcher on Pulitzer-prize winning teams, and who has also reported from Guantanamo for The Intercept and co-bylined articles with Trevor Aaronson on terrorism prosecutions after 9/11. Julie Tate of the Washington Post continues to amaze, as does Alice Crites; ...

Despite strong objections from the Justice Department, House Republicans released a four-page memo on Friday challenging the “legitimacy and legality” of the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page, a former adviser to the Trump campaign suspected of having ties to Russian intelligence. The memo ...

Since the memo contains information from classified FBI documents, the president has five days under the law to block public disclosure of the memo. ... Most recently, on July 24, 2017, Sessions signed such a declaration in a New York terrorism case, arguing that the disclosure of FISA information “could ...

A new report from the departments of Justice and Homeland Security found that three of every four defendants convicted of international terrorism charges from September 11, 2001 to December 31, 2016 were born outside the United States. President Donald Trump mandated the creation of the report as ...

The FBI was skeptical that the methods the DEA used were legal, Michael Horn, the first special agent-in-charge of the DEA's Special Operations ... The Intercept reported in November 2017 that this occurred in the case of Fazliddin Kurbanov, who was convicted in Idaho on terrorism-related charges.

Ask Paul Manafort,” Jarrett replied, referring to the FBI's search of the former Trump campaign manager's home. “They came for him and broke through his .... Since the 9/11 attacks, for example, 139 terrorism cases have involved charges of making false statements. Muslim civil rights groups routinely advise ...

The newsletter added: “NSA gets most of its (counterterrorism)-related FISA collection from the FBI. The FBI collects, formats, and disseminates international terrorism-related FISA intercept to NSA, CIA, and internally to FBI agents and analysts.” In 2004, the NSA began to embed employees in the FBI's Data ...

But although this week's attack has led President Donald Trump to call for additional immigration restrictions, the history of terror attacks in the United States shows it's hard to generalize based on nationality. Federal prosecutors charged Saipov with terrorism-related offenses today. The FBI is searching for ...

“America Reloaded,” a story about how the FBI used a fake documentary crew to investigate Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his supporters, won for feature story in the small newsroom category. Aaronson wrote the story with The Intercept's Ryan Devereaux. The entry tied for first with STAT's “Dope Sick.

For two years, the FBI has followed and harassed Refaie as part of an apparent effort to recruit him to become an informant or cooperate in some way with counterterrorism .... “Why would the Joint Terrorism Task Force work together with Homeland Security in order to raid my house for counterfeit car parts?

Sting operations, in which agents or informants lead targets right up to the brink of a supposed attack and then arrest them, are the hallmarks of the FBI's preemption policy. Since September 2001, nearly 300 people have been arrested and indicted following terrorism stings in which the FBI provided the ...

While Mateen's widow is standing trial for allegedly aiding the Pulse attack and misleading investigators, Seddique Mateen has not faced criminal charges despite a tip to the FBI that he raised money for terrorism in Pakistan, and an ongoing investigation into money transfers he allegedly made to Turkey ...