by John Floyd | Mar 25, 2024 | Civil Rights, terrorism, Uncategorized
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 “terror attacks,” the federal government created two national security lists dealing with air travel in and out of the United States: the “No Fly List,” which denied 594 individuals the right to air travel and the “Selectee” list...
by John Floyd | Mar 25, 2024 | Civil Rights, terrorism
First launched on December 1, 2003, the Terrorist Screening Dataset—now more commonly referred to as the Terrorist Watchlist—was designed to prevent acts of terrorism in the United States. Federal law enforcement and intelligence communities quickly learned that three...
by John Floyd | Sep 2, 2023 | Federal Criminal Law, Police Misconduct, terrorism
They became known as the “Newburgh Four”: James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laquerre Payen. The FBI arrested the four men on May 20, 2009, on terrorism-related offenses involving a plot to attack the Air National Guard in Newburgh, New York, by...
by John Floyd | Jun 3, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, terrorism
The new Netflix docuseries, American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, released in anticipation of the first decade anniversary of the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon terrorist bombing by two deranged brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will undoubtedly...
by John Floyd | Dec 23, 2022 | Federal Criminal Law, Police Misconduct, terrorism
By the turn of the 21 century, the FBI believed it had put the dark legacy of J. Edgar Hoover behind it—a legacy that included the illegal surveillance of anti-war groups, civil rights organizations, and the Black Panther Party. But undoubtedly, the most grievous...
by John Floyd | Mar 11, 2022 | Federal Criminal Law, SCOTUS, terrorism
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, America was besieged with fear, suspicion, and hostility towards Muslims and anyone associated with the Islamic faith. Not even the nation’s First Red Scare (fear of communists,...
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