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Rápido y Furioso (Fast & Furious)
In this special edition of the newsmagazine program “Aqui y Ahora” (“Here and Now”), Univision news reports on the drug trade’s violent impact in Mexico, an aspect of the story that is often lost. We are submitting this report for your consideration in the FOI category. Although the hundreds of classified us and Mexican government documents weren’t obtained through a FOI request, we believe our process of gathering and comparing comprehensive information from two different governments, resulted in a story that did “open records and open government” in a unique and revealing way that could not be achieved by simply filing a FOI request.
Tags: gun; border; Mexico; U.S. border patrol
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Sold On Craigslist
The popular classified website Craigslist was found to be selling underage prostitutes through it's adult services section. The website was not screening ads as promised to uncover trafficking and it was profiting from the sales.
Tags: Craigslist; underage prostitution; prostitution; human trafficking; adult services; classified; advertising; prostitute
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Secret Deadly Earmarks
Congressman Duke Cunningham was bribed with a yacht, antiques, and campaign contributions from a company owner seeking a government contract to fight roadside bombs in Iraq. Major Eric Egland was assigned to discover why troop deaths were increasing from roadside bombs despite the millions being paid, and in his search he came across "classified" information revealing the truth behind the contract.
Tags: lobbying; military; whistleblower; IEd; American soldiers; MZM; Mitchell Wade;
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Police Complaints Rising
Brutality complaints were on the rise at three area law enforcement departments; they had increased by 25 percent in the last five years. Complaints about other officer misconduct, such as rudeness or harassment, also were on the rise. Few citizen complaints were validated by the departments, which investigated the complaints themselves. The majority of complaints were deemed unsubstantiated and in many cases they were classified as false, which subjected the complainant to possible criminal prosecution.
Tags: civil liberties; law enforcement; police brutality; search and seizure; excessive force; civil rights activists
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The Red Team
"Nearly six years after 9/11, classified test results leaked to 9NEWs show Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport failed to find about 80% of weapons, like bombs and liquid explosives, carried by federal undercover agents called the Red Team. Denver is just one of many airports nationwide that are failing the tests, according to the Dept. of Homeland Security's OIG and US Government Accountability Office."
Tags: airports; security; homeland security; transport security association; TSA; bombs; weapons; flight safety
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The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite
Author Ann Finkbeiner examines the history and activities of JASON. The JASON Defense Advisory Group is a group of university scientists, mostly physicists, who gather every summer to work on specific problems for the government. These problems are often military, and often classified. The group began in 1960, and counted Manhattan Project alums as some of its early members. Now, they are responsible for such innovations as the electronic battlefield, the laser guide star, a three-dimensional mapping system of the ocean's temperatures, which is used for oceanography studies and to chart global warming, and Star Wars (or Startegic Defense Initiative), the attempt to find a countermeasure for hostile ICBMs. The group is completely independent in its decision-making and in the choosing of its members, though it is funded largely by government organizations.
Tags: JASON; national defense; Manhattan Project; science; physicists; secret goverment organizations; technology; Star Wars; SDI
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Hotel Sex Offender
This investigation found nine registered sex offenders living in a downtown Buffalo hotel. Eight of them were classified as most likely to repeat their crimes. The offenders were placed in the hotel by state parole officers, but the public and hotel guests were not notified. One of the offenders worked as a hotel desk clerk. The investigation also discovered that Buffalo rarely sends out sex offender notifications.
Tags: sex offenders; parole; sexual assault; sex offender registry
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Hearts, Minds and Dollars: In an Unseen Front in the War on Terrorism, America is Spending Millions...To Change the Very Face of Islam
This investigation revealed that the Bush Administration has approved a classified strategy to influence the future of Islam, and that conflicts within the Muslim faith are now considered a matter of "national security" to the United States. In at least two dozen countries, the U.S. government is funding Muslim imams, Islamic radio and TV shows, Muslim think tanks, political workshops and other programs that promote moderate Islam ideas.
Tags: religion; government; international affairs; terrorism; 9/11; Koran; mosques; think tanks; non-profits
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Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs, and Operations in the 9/11 World
Arkin catalogues 3,000 code-named, secret U.S. military plans and missions, indexing them by name and location He describes the military operations in every country in which it has a presence. He found that many secrets remain in the open and others have a questionable basis for classification.
Tags: military; intelligence; battle plans; classified information; CIA; army; national security; terrorism; secrets; operations
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Milk, Bread and Crack Pipes
After mini-mart owners in New York complained to police about the recent string of robberies at their businesses, WNEG-TV started an investigation and found that seven of ten mini-marts they investigated sold crack pipes from behind the counter. The pipes aren't classified as drug paraphernalia and therefore cannot be prohibited from being sold. However, most of the clerks who sold them either denied selling them or said they didn't know what they were for.
Tags: convenience stores; crime; robbery