FBI wiretaps expose Wall Street’s seedy underbellyDetails 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.
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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!
