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FBI tells Congress it uses drones in US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for surveillance in the United States and suggested that government needs to develop guidelines as their use grows. Testifying before the Senate...Tags: Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Police Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, Photography and Video
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Can FBI shooting probe be objective?
There's little chance that the FBI will be found at fault in the fatal shooting in Orlando of a Chechen man with ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, according to statistics cited in a report published Wednesday. The New York Times...
Tags: Religion and Belief, FBI, The New York Times, Police Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice
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Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at U.S. surveillance
ReutersBy Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight board pledged on Wednesday to be "as transparent and public as possible" as the board reviews recently exposed U.S. government secret surveillance...Tags: Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restarting executions
ReutersBy Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 19 (Reuters) - North Carolina's governor, hoping to resume executions in his state, on Wednesday signed the repeal of a law that has allowed death row inmates to seek a reduced sentence if they could prove...Tags: Punishment, Executive Branch, Prisons, Africa, Death Penalty
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Robin Abcarian: Abortion foes — mainly men — keeping up the attack
The House Judiciary Committee, dominated by Republican men who still have not learned to avoid the subject of rape and pregnancy, took up the issue of abortion last week. Normally, the news about abortion focuses on the machinations of conservative state...Tags: Mike Lee, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Abortion, Republican Party, Trent Franks
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ACLU sues over Indiana gay youth plates
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, seeking the reinstatement of specialty auto license plates for a group that counsels gay and lesbian...
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Muslims sue NYPD over monitoring of mosques, congregants
New York Muslims have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York Police Department over the department's surveillance of Muslims, which they called invasive and unconstitutional. The public debate over government surveillance has crescendoed over...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Raymond W. Kelly, Laws, Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights
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Supreme Court rejects Arizona's proof-of-citizenship voting law
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal elections provide proof of U.S. citizenship. In the latest round of an immigration debate pitting state against federal powers, the...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Laws, Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights, Antonin Scalia
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What we think: State owes answers for breach in pill database
Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken confidence in a law enforcement tool that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Health, Health and Medical Professionals
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Supreme Court blocks Arizona's voter ID law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration Monday in yet another of its confrontations with Arizona, striking down a state law on voter registrations and ruling that states may not require new applicants to show proof of...
Tags: Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Laws, Career and Workplace
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NSA surveillance: What's one more Big Brother?
In principle, the National Security Agency's vast data collection operation is troubling, but in the age of Google and Facebook, it feels like having just one more Big Brother in a growing family of Big Brothers. In response to the revelation that the...
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National security needs secrecy but also accountability
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThe following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday, June 17: The newest revelations about the U.S. government collecting communications data underscore our hallowed American heritage of jealously guarding our privacy rights....Tags: Google Inc., PRISM (surveillance program), Justice and Rights, Skype, Tea Party Movement
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