On September 4, 2013, James Comey became the 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first change in leadership at the bureau since the 9/11 attacks provides Congress, the president, and the attorney general the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the FBI’s post-9/11 policies and programs. Over the last 12 years, the FBI has become a domestic intelligence agency with unprecedented power to peer into the lives of ordinary Americans and secretly amass data about people not suspected of any wrongdoing. That power has inevitably led to persistent and unconstitutional abuses of authority, some of which are highlighted below. For a comprehensive look at how the FBI once again became a domestic spying agency and its impact on civil liberties and privacy, read “Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI’s Unchecked Abuse of Authority.”
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Editors of UNCENSORED and The NZ Journal of Natural Medicine to Speak at WellFest on October 5th, 6th
Sun Sep 29 , 2013
The WellFest health expo will take place in Auckland on October 5-6 from 10 am to 5 pm. Entry is $10 for adults and children under 12 years are free. The venue for the event is the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau. The address of the venue and a map can […]
