Category Archives: Current Events
Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details
The Weston woman was told by the U.S. agent she would have to get “medical clearance’’ and be examined by one of only three doctors in Toronto whose assessments are accepted by Homeland Security. She was given their names and … Continue reading
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How I learned to Stop Feeling Safe in My Own Country and Hate Border Patrol
Earlier this month, OTM producer Sarah Abdurrahman, her family, and her friends were detained for hours by US Customs and Border Protection on their way home from Canada. Everyone being held was a US citizen, and no one received an … Continue reading
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Guardian bombshells in an escalating battle against journalism
We have the spectacle of communications between two American journalists-in-exile—reduced to passing information via courier because their government is spying on everything they do online—busted up by the US’s top ally, apparently with no protest from the Obama administration, which … Continue reading
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The Use and Abuse of Civil Forfeiture
The county’s district attorney, a fifty-seven-year-old woman with feathered Charlie’s Angels hair named Lynda K. Russell, arrived an hour later. Russell, who moonlighted locally as a country singer, told Henderson and Boatright that they had two options. They could face … Continue reading
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U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans
The undated documents show that federal agents are trained to “recreate” the investigative trail to effectively cover up where the information originated, a practice that some experts say violates a defendant’s Constitutional right to a fair trial. If defendants don’t … Continue reading
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