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No media organization worked harder to get at the truth behind the destruction of TWA Flight 800 than the DC-based, Accuracy in Media. AIM founder Reed Irvine got involved in this project several years before I did and opened doors for me that I could not have opened.
On June 29, 1964, the FBI began distributing these pictures of civil rights workers, from left, Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York, James Cheney, 21, from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman, 20, of New York, who disappeared near Philadelphia, Miss., June 21, 1964. The investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi is finally closed, the state's attorney general said Monday, June 20, 2016, 53 years almost to the day after the young men disappeared during "Freedom Summer."
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U.S. Attorney Lee Bentley, left, greets Attorney General Loretta Lynch as she arrives at the Orlando FBI office for a briefing on the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. . Attorney General Loretta Lynch, left, meets with U.S. Attorney Lee Bentley at the Orlando FBI office for a briefing on the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.
The FBI on Monday released a partial transcript of the conversations Orlando, Florida, gunman Omar Mateen had with hostage negotiators and police dispatchers, and their dialogue reinforces that the 29-year-old was at least partly inspired by the Islamic State and intent on inflicting stunning destruction.
A little more than a week after the shooting rampage at Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, key details remain unknown about what exactly happened during the violent episode and the hostage standoff that followed. Even as investigators try to determine what may have motivated the attack that left 49 people dead and dozens more injured, they are still working to piece together exactly what happened during the three hours between the first gunshots and the moment police fatally shot the attacker.
A little more than a week after the shooting rampage at Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, key details remain unknown about what exactly happened during the violent episode and the hostage standoff that followed. Even as investigators try to determine what may have motivated the attack that left 49 people dead and dozens more injured, they are still working to piece together exactly what happened during the three hours between the first gunshots and the moment police fatally shot the attacker.
From a news item published in this newspaper last week we learned that another attempt is underway in the United States Congress to have Jamaica's first National Hero Marcus Garvey pardoned of federal mail theft. The move is being led by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Congressmen Charlie Rangel and John Conyers.
Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning to extremism, law enforcement officials say, contrary to a claim by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week. "They don't report them," Trump said in a CNN interview on Monday, in the wake of the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub of 49 people by an American Muslim who claimed allegiance to Islamic State.
Over the past few months, the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, the UK's Serious Fraud Office and the Australian Federal Police have been running a major international corruption probe into Monaco-based company Unaoil. They have been jointly analysing evidence implicating Unaoil in serious corruption - evidence that was uncovered by Fairfax Media and the Huffington Post last year.
The FBI and San Diego police are investigating a threatening message posted on Craigslist that praised the deadly shooting rampage at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Darrell Foxworth, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's San Diego division, confirmed the agency was looking into the post, titled 'We need more Orlandos'' [sic], and attempting to identify the person responsible.
People on the United States' terrorist watch list passed background checks and have been allowed to purchase firearms 91% of the time in 2015, updated federal data shows. An updated report by the Government Accountability Office, released Tuesday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office, shows individuals on the terrorist watch list were involved in background checks to purchase firearms 244 times - with 223 of those transactions, or 91%, allowed to proceed.
The FBI is investigating reports that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen had been a regular at the gay nightclub he attacked and had used gay dating apps, a U.S. official briefed on the case said Tuesday. Josh Mercer wears a T-shirt in honor of two of his friends who were killed during a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
As thousands in Orlando turned out to mourn 49 people killed inside a gay nightclub, federal investigators examined possible motives for the gunman who committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The White House and the FBI said 29-year-old Omar Mateen, an American born Muslim, appears to be a "homegrown extremist" who had touted support not just for the Islamic State, but other radical groups that are its enemies.
As thousands in Orlando turned out to mourn 49 people killed inside a gay nightclub, federal investigators examined possible motives for the gunman who committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The White House and the FBI said 29-year-old Omar Mateen, an American born Muslim, appears to be a "homegrown extremist" who had touted support not just for the Islamic State, but other radical groups that are its enemies.
In fact, Omar Mateen had been investigated and under surveillance as recently as 2014. Still, he was able to legally purchase a handgun and what's described as a "long gun" days before he opened fire in an Orlando nightclub.
Don Haller, left, and Frank Thompson of Laguna Niguel pray for the victims of Orlando nightclub shooting at Main Street Bar in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. . An armed police officer stands guard outside the Stonewall Inn, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in New York.
SPAN is scheduled to carry video of presidential candidate Donald Trump's speech today at 2:30 ET "on national security in the wake of the mass shooting on a gay night club in Orlando, Florida." For upcoming events, see: accuracy.org/calendar .