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PJ Media
April 9, 2018
Bass and other members of the CBC questioned a panel of witnesses including Nana Gyamfi, an attorney and activist, Mike German, former FBI agent and fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, and Errol Southers of the University of Southern California, also a former FBI agent, about the possibleÃâà...
New York Times
March 19, 2018
Mike German, a former F.B.I. agent who is now at the Brennan Center, a public policy and law institute, said the public exchanges were further proof of an eroding of trust between the head of the executive branch and its traditionally apolitical civil servants. He said the former officials' willingness to speakÃâà...
AlterNet
March 1, 2018
According to Mike German, a retired FBI agent and fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, the file being referred to in Keighley's email to Holdegraver represents a file for "unpredicated investigations," or investigations initiated without any factual basis for criminalÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
January 30, 2018
Daniels's case also illustrates the large amount of discretion FBI agents have in determining who poses a threat, according to Mike German, a retired FBI agent and fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program. In 2008, the FBI introduced a new class of investigationsÃâà...
Marin Independent Journal
December 22, 2017
Everitt Aaron Jameson was arrested by the FBI on allegations he plotted a terror attack targeting Pier 39 in San Francisco. Courtesy ... Mike German, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice and former senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, voiced that sentiment in an interview with this newsÃâà...
Southern Poverty Law Center
October 25, 2017
Mike German, a former FBI agent now working as a fellow for the Liberty and National Security Program and the Brennen Center for Justice, told Foreign Policy, “The use of terms like 'black identity extremist' is part of a long-standing FBI attempt to define a movement where none exists.” Historians andÃâà...
NPR
August 15, 2017
He's also a former FBI special agent, who worked domestic terrorism cases and twice went undercover to infiltrate neo-Nazi groups. And he joins us from ... GREENE: Former FBI Special Agent Mike German who is currently a fellow with the NYU Law School Brennan Center for Justice. Thanks for the timeÃâà...
ACLU (blog)
May 22, 2017
To help us understand these events as well as the future of the FBI under President Trump, I spoke with Mike German, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program. For 16 years, German was an FBI special agent who worked white collar crime and domestic terrorism.
Politico
May 9, 2017
Mike German, a former FBI special agent who's now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and Security Program, said Comey's firing puts the bureau in a tough spot as it continues its investigations into Russian meddling in the election on Trump's behalf. “The working agents don't like the wayÃâà...
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
November 5, 2013
Mike German is a 16-year veteran of the FBI, where he served as a special agent in domestic terrorism. His work led him to resign in 2004 after the implementation of the 9/11 Commission's reforms. He now works for the ACLU, and shared his experiences upholding his oath with The Daily Caller. Was yourÃâà...
The Atlantic
December 31, 1999
“Once you start involving people whose tradition is criminal, and in New York which has a different culture, there is a reasonable likelihood it was going to get out anyway.” Mike German, a former FBI agent and a fellow at the Brennan Center, said Comey's explanations for his decision made little sense.
