In the wake of the September 11, 2001 “terror attacks,” the federal government created two national security lists dealing with air travel in and out of the United States: the “No Fly List,” which denied 594 individuals the right to…
Category: terrorism
Mar.25
2024
2024
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Civil Rights | terrorism
First launched on December 1, 2003, the Terrorist Screening Dataset—now more commonly referred to as the Terrorist Watchlist—was designed to prevent acts of terrorism in the United States.
Federal law enforcement and intelligence communities quickly learned that three of the…
Sep.02
2023
2023
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Police Misconduct | terrorism
They became known as the “Newburgh Four”: James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laquerre Payen. The FBI arrested the four men on May 20, 2009, on terrorism-related offenses involving a plot to attack the Air National Guard in Newburgh,…
June03
2023
2023
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct | Prosecutorial Misconduct | terrorism
The new Netflix docuseries, American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, released in anticipation of the first decade anniversary of the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon terrorist bombing by two deranged brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will undoubtedly reawaken and stoke…
Dec.23
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Police Misconduct | terrorism
By the turn of the 21 century, the FBI believed it had put the dark legacy of J. Edgar Hoover behind it—a legacy that included the illegal surveillance of anti-war groups, civil rights organizations, and the Black Panther Party. But…
Mar.11
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | SCOTUS | terrorism
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, America was besieged with fear, suspicion, and hostility towards Muslims and anyone associated with the Islamic faith. Not even the nation’s First…
Jan.22
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Conspiracy | Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
The Oath Keepers, an extremist anti-American government group, was founded in 2009 by a Plano, Texas resident named Elmer Stewart Rhodes. The Oath Keepers are primarily made up of former military and law enforcement personnel who took oaths to forever…
Nov.11
2021
2021
The Twin Towers terror attacks on September 11, 2001, changed America’s Center Intelligence Agency (CIA) forever. The “agency,” especially during the height of the Cold War and its waning years, has a sordid history of either engaging in or supporting …
Dec.11
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
The USA Patriot Act was signed into law by former President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001—some 45 days after the tragic 9/11 Twin Tower attacks. At the time, the U.S. Justice Department said the Patriot Act “simply expanded…
Dec.11
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Police Misconduct | terrorism
In the wake of 9/11, the federal government’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies, particularly the FBI, have targeted Muslim communities for “domestic surveillance” as likely hotbeds for terrorism, generally without any suspicion that a crime has occurred or is likely…
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