A Reveal investigation of domestic terror incidents between 2008 and 2016 showed that the majority of incidents involved right-wing perpetrators.
National Security
Our system of national security is full of holes – on the border, at the airports and inside our computers, where the fight against cyberterrorism rages.
Posted inAccountability, Government Workers, National Security, The Trump Era
Trump’s Navy secretary nominee vows to crack down on safety lapses
Navy Secretary nominee Richard V. Spencer said during his confirmation hearing that he disagrees with the Navy’s hands-off approach to dangerous shipyards.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice, National Security, The Trump Era
Justice Department weighs cutting grants to several ‘sanctuary cities’
“It is not enough to assert compliance, the jurisdictions must actually be in compliance,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Militarization of Police, National Security, The Trump Era
Milwaukee to feds: We follow immigration law
With a looming deadline to prove cooperation with U.S. immigration agents, at least one county has told the Trump administration that it follows the law – despite little guidance on how officials are supposed to show that.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, The Trump Era, The Wall
Federal official says border wall project on schedule. It’s not
Construction of prototypes for President Donald Trump’s border wall may not start until the end of this summer, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said Tuesday, the latest phase of the project to run over the announced timetable.
Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
Trump proposes dumping protections for shipyard, construction workers
President Donald Trump’s Labor Department has proposed scrapping key protections intended to protect shipyard and construction workers from exposure to beryllium, a toxic mineral that can cause deadly lung disease.
Posted inNational Security, The Hate Report
The Hate Report: Scrutinizing the origins of terrorism
During a speech in late February, President Donald Trump assured a crowd that his administration will take “strong measures to protect our nation from radical Islamic terrorism.” The statement in some ways betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding about terror attacks in the U.S.: They’re more likely to be linked to right-wing extremists than to those acting in the name of Islam.
Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security, The Wall
Feds hunt down mystery landowners in bid to build border wall
The federal government has spent a decade chasing a meandering paper trail, with researchers combing through yellowed government files, testing the faded memories of neighbors and perusing the local library as they try to sort out who owns the land.
Posted inAccountability, Border Patrol, National Security
Border Patrol’s watchdog returns, but does he have new tricks?
Matthew Klein will be in charge of watchdogging the agency as the Trump administration pushes for another massive expansion of the U.S. Border Patrol. Since its last expansion, the agency has been plagued by corruption.
Posted inAccountability, National Security
TSA whistleblower alleges racial profiling against Somali-Americans
The agency has faced steady criticism and scrutiny for its screening practices, including the use of behavior detection techniques to try to identify suspicious passengers, as well as its own internal troubles stemming from allegations of misconduct, retaliation and dysfunction.