Showing posts with label FBI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FBI. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2024

2nd Circuit: FBI Agents Had Qualified Immunity From RFRA Damages When Muslim Plaintiffs' Religious Objections Were Undisclosed

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In Tanvir v. Tanzin ,  (2d Cir., Oct. 29, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed on qualified immunity grounds a case in whi...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

FBI Releases 2023 Hate Crime Statistics

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Last Monday, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics for the United States for 2023. A Department of Justice release summarizes the data, a...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

FBI Releases 2022 Hate Crime Statistics

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The FBI yesterday released  2022 Crime Statistics, including data on hate crimes ( Methodology )  ( Data on Incidents ). According to the FB...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

FBI Charges Michigan Man with Plotting Mass Casualty Attack at Synagogue

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Last week, the FBI filed a Criminal Complaint charging a 19-year-old Michigan man with taking steps to plan a mass casualty suicide attack o...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

House Committee Seeks Documents on FBI Interest in Radical Traditionalist Catholic Extremists

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Yesterday, U.S. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking documents related t...
Friday, March 04, 2022

Supreme Court In Muslim Surveillance Case Says State Secrets Doctrine Survives FISA

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The U.S. Supreme Court today, in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Alito issued a narrow decision in Federal Bureau of Investigation v....
Monday, June 07, 2021

Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Challenge To Surveillance of Muslims

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The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in  Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fagazi,  (Docket No. 20-828, certiorari granted 6/7/2021)...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

FBI Releases 2019 Hate Crime Statistics

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This week, the FBI released its 2019 Hate Crime Statistics . According to the Report, of the 7,103 single-bias incidents , 19.9% of the offe...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

9th Circuit: En Banc Review Denied In Suit Over FBI Surveillance of Muslims

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In February 2019, a 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit in Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation held that three Muslim plaintiffs may move...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

FBI Releases 2018 Hate Crime Statistics

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Today the FBI released its 2018 Hate Crime Statistics . In 2018, 7,120 hate crime incidents were reported to the FBI by law enforcement aut...
Friday, September 06, 2019

Former Priest Charged With Lying To FBI

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced yesterday that it has charged former Catholic priest Robe...
Friday, March 01, 2019

9th Circuit: Suit Against FBI For Anti-Muslim Surveillance May Move Ahead

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In Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 28, 2019), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 103-page opinion held ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

FBI Releases 2017 Hate Crimes Report

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Yesterday the FBI released   its 2017 Hate Crime Statistics . The number of hate crime incidents increased 17% from last year-- 6,121 incide...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

The FBI and Religion Is Studied

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Salon today has posted an interesting article titled  How the FBI Is Hobbled by Religious Illiteracy .  Much of it is an interview with Univ...
Wednesday, December 09, 2015

9th Circuit Hears Arguments In Suit Over FBI Infiltration of Mosques

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Yesterday the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( video of full arguments ) in Fazaga v. FBI.   The class action lawsui...
Wednesday, November 04, 2015

FBI Delays Website Designed To Counter ISIS Recruiting After Complaints That It Stigmatizes Muslim Students

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Think Progress reports that on Monday, the FBI at least temporarily delayed the launch of its "Don't Be A Puppet" website whi...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

FBI Approves Revised Hate Crime Data Collection Manual

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On Feb. 27, the FBI approved a revised version of its Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines And Training Manual .  The new version adds defi...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Suit Claims FBI Infringes Muslims' Free Exercise Rights By Using No Fly List To Coerce Them To Become Informants

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The Center for Constitutional Rights yesterday announced the filing of a lawsuit against the FBI on behalf of four American Muslim men who ...