Old FBI documents about Steve Jobs, recently posted online, dredge up juicy details of the Apple co-founder’s life — including pointed observations of his personality and ethics and his use of psychedelic drugs, writes Dan Lyons.
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I was an FBI mole in a white supremacist group
For seven years John Matthews was involved in a white supremacist group in the deep south of US, all the while secretly working as an FBI informant. He tells his story.
The internet vs. the world part 1: gatekeepers lose control as we connect
From WikiLeaks to Underbelly, the common theme of the rise of the internet is that it connects people. And interconnectedness threatens the powerful.
FBI’s latest target: Wikipedia
The FBI has demanded Wikipedia remove the FBI seal from its pages and is threatening legal action. Seems like an odd fight. Did the FBI get Wikipedia confused with WikiLeaks?
Crikey Clarifier: Crikey Clarifier: the war comes out of the cold
How did 11 people living seemingly normal lives start Saturday at the little league game and end up surrounded by the fluoro-yellow letters “FBI?” Crikey intern Michael Carter clarifies the tale.
Russian spies busted, but where are the secrets?
The alleged Russian spies caught by the FBI earlier this week have been found with all the qualities of professional espionage agents except one thing: secrets.
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How the CIA tried to turn a “gay terrorist” spy against Al Qaeda
The NY Observer has the bizarre inside scoop on how the CIA’s failed attempt to recruit a “fat”, “gay” terrorist as a spy to penetrate Al Qaeda, and how the whole saga may have prevented the FBI from foiling 9/11.
The FBI: In ur computer, readin ur history
The FBI is pressing US Internet Service Providers to track and record users’ internet browsing history, in what sounds like it would basically amount to mandatory wiretapping of almost every person in America.
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The FBI’s Wall St mole
The WSJ reveals the identity and story of a senior Wall Street trader who worked undercover for the FBI — wire and all — for over a year to help uncover the biggest insider-trading case in twenty years.
Has Citibank been hacked?
Russian hackers have stolen tens of millions of dollars from Citibank, according to US government sources, but the bank is in heavy denial mode.
FBI wiretaps expose Wall Street’s seedy underbelly
Details uncovered from FBI wire-taps of Wall St insider trading rings are like The Sopranos, The Wire and Gordon Gekko’s Wall Street all rolled into one, complete with secret tips, kickbacks and disposable mobile phones.
The FBI’s 400,000-strong terrorist watch list
Recently released FBI data shows 1600 new names are nominated every day for the agency’s terrorist watch list, which contains more than 400,000 unique names and over a million entries.
What Dick Cheney didn’t know about Valerie Plame
Notes from an FBI interview with former US VP Dick Cheney about the 2003 outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame have been released, revealing Cheney claimed “near total amnesia” on the whole scandal. Read the list of the important events and dates he just can’t recall.
How Cuban spies sent the US on a post-9/11 wild goose chase
In the six months after 9/11, Cuban agents around the world sent US intelligence on a wild goose chase by providing them with false terrorism tip-offs. It’s allegedly all part of a wider Cuban espionage plot to “mislead, misinform and identify” US spies.
FBI release secret Oklahoma City Bombing tapes
It’s pure disaster porn, but can you look away? The FBI has released security surveillance tapes showing the chaos in the moments after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, as people flee collapsing buildings.
Getting to know Saddam Hussein: the FBI conversations
FBI reports of interviews it conducted in 2004 with former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein have been published them today. Crikey intern Sophie Tarr picks out the best bits.
I interrogated Zubaydah: we didn’t need to use torture
A former FBI agent claims waterboarding wasn’t necessary to uncover any intelligence from Abu Zubaydah — they had it all before the torture even started.
A reflection on the 9/11 anniversary
In late September 2001, the front page of the Daily Telegraph was smothered with the photo of a man being taken into custody by FBI agents. Islamist terrorist? You’d think so. I didn’t. From the design of the man’s turban, I could tell he was a Sikh!
