United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  • Peter Franck with FBI re Symbionese Liberation Army 5-25-74

    This is a phone call between KPFA attorney Peter Franck and a man named Barr from the FBI which occurred on May 25, 1974, after 6:00 p.m., which is when KPFA aired a tape they had received from the SLA. In the conversation, Barr requests information from Franck. Franck reads a KPFA press release to…

  • Democracy Now! April 25, 2003

    Hour 1: An infringement of freedom of the press? The FBI opens and seizes mail sent from one Associated Press reporter to another; Who was Deep Throat? A University of Illinois professor and his class say they have uncovered the identity of the Nixon insider who exposed the story behind the break-in of Watergate; An…

  • Democracy Now! April 25, 2003

    An infringement of freedom of the press? The FBI opens and seizes mail sent from one Associated Press reporter to another; Who was Deep Throat? A University of Illinois professor and his class say they have uncovered the identity of the Nixon insider who exposed the story behind the break-in of Watergate; An exclusive look…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    U.S. chains & shackles naked detainees to the ceiling in Afghanistan: Is the U.S. using torture? ; Bush delays plans for Israeli-Palestinian peace plan: Israeli forces kill over 60 Palestinians since Feb. 15; Former FBI chief calls for the Supreme Court to halt the execution of Delma Banks in Texas: We talk to Banks mother…

  • Democracy Now! March 5, 2003

    Networks ignore explosive story revealing U.S. is spying on U.N. Security Council members: Behind the scenes U.N. diplomats are furious at the dirty tricks; FBI plane spies on Bloomington, Indiana: peace groups, Muslims and international students likely targeted; Books not bombs! We need weapons of mass instruction! : Students walk out of classes around the…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    Hour 1 :: Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible…

  • Democracy Now! February 28, 2003

    Investigative reporter Greg Palast on how Bush killed the FBI’s investigation into Saudi Arabia s financing of terrorist organizations; he also discusses the head of the Pentagon s Total Information Awareness Program John Poindexter s ties to a data-mining corporation; New Orleans mother appeals to the Pope to help prevent the execution of her son:…

  • Democracy Now! March 3, 2003

    U.S. is tapping the phones of U.N. Security Council members and reading their e-mail: the story makes headlines around the world but is not reported here; Top Iraqi defector says Iraq destroyed its WMDs, but Bush and Blair continue to cite him to drum up support for war, and the US media buries the story:…

  • Democracy Now! August 20, 2002

    WITCHHUNT AGAINST AIDS ACTIVIST GROUPS/FBI IS SUED/ THOUSANDS RALLY IN DC FOR REPARATIONS |9:00-9:01 Billboard: The Health Department launches a witchhunt against AIDS activists: groups that protested against Health Secretary Tommy Thompson at the AIDS conference in Barcelona are targeted. FBI is sued for hundreds of millions of dollars for shielding The Animal mobster and…

  • Democracy Now! August 6, 2002

    A LOOK AT THE CASE OF LEONARD PELTIER |The Hague Invasion Act : Bush signs a new law designed to intimidate countries that ratify the treaty for the international criminal court. The Case Of Indigenous Rights Activist Leonard Peltier: As FBI powers rapidly expand during the so-called War on Terror, a history of the FBI…