In a 35 minutes phone call he was permitted to give to his lawyer, Mahdi Hashi was able to give a glimpse of the mistreatment he suffered during his disappearance in East Africa. These revelations prove that Barack Obama, despite his words, is indeed a proud inheritor of the legacy of rendition and torture left by his predecessors.

The only thing that surprised me when I heard that the Algerian kidnappers had called for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui was that it hadn’t happened sooner.

A FORMER Haverstock School pupil has appeared in a New York court charged with terrorism offences, the FBI said today (Sunday).

One year since the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki CagePrisoners publishes a report which reveals what role he really played in the Al-Qaeda leadership

COINTELPRO was a series of covert and often illegal projects conducted by the FBI from the late 1950s through the 1970s.  It was aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting and disrupting community groups fighting for justice.  

Yvonne Ridley reviews the case of Aafia Siddiqui on the 9th anniversary since she first disappeared

Preparing for the Maghreb Salah as I rose to spread the prayer rug, the melodious verses of the glorious Quran, pouring from the neighboring mosques, kept on playing a soothing note upon the strings of my soul. 

A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, the Pakistani spy agency funneled millions of dollars to a Washington nonprofit group in a secret effort to influence Congress and the White House, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court documents that are certain to complicate already strained relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.

قال علي صوفان، المحقق السابق في مكتب التحقيقات الفيدرالية «إف بي آي» إنه كان ضد استخدام تقنيات محاكاة الغرق في استجواب المعتقلين، مؤكدا أنها لم تنقذ أرواحا أو تؤد إلى إحباط هجمات إرهابية. وأوضح صوفان في تصريحات لـ«الشرق الأوسط» أن كل المعلومات التي تفاخر المسؤولون بأنهم حصلوا عليها باستخدام محاكاة الغرق كانت متوافرة لدى الأجهزة الأمنية من قبل استخدام هذه التقنيات

On Wednesday 28th September, a US citizen was apprehended and charged with plotting an attack against the Pentagon and US Capitol building in Washington using explosive remote-controlled aircrafts.

In a recent expose by wired.com, it has been shown that FBI agents are taught a version of Islam which inspires hatred for Muslims and Islam.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was born in Kuwaiti in either 1964 or 65. His family is originally from Baluchistan, Pakistan. He is an uncle of Ramzi Yousef.

Warsame is said to have been arrested on April 19th 2011 in international waters between Yemen and Somalia.

تعرض لائحة اكثر المطلوبين بالارهاب الخاصة بمكتب التحقيقات الفيدرالية الأميركية (اف بي أي) صورة بالابيض والاسود لشخص يشتبه في تورطه بالتفجيرات التي استهدفت السفارتين الأميركيتين في تنزانيا وكينيا عام 1998، وهو سيف العدل، وكتب تحتها بالاحمر اسم محمد ابراهيم مكاوي، ما مزج الشخصين بهوية رجل واحد

اعتقلت السلطات المغربية الأربعاء 3 أشخاص آخرين لصلتهم بتفجير مقهى في ساحة جامع الفنا بمراكش، في الثامن والعشرين من إبريل/نيسان الماضي، والذي أسفر عن مصرع 17 شخصاً، وإصابة 20 آخرين بجروح متفاوتة

When I heard about this case, I became obsessed - I couldn’t stop talking about it. I wondered why at first, but then I realized: it exemplifies the extent to which the War on Terror – its tactics, its imagery, and its language – is embedded in the racist history of the United States. The Newburgh Four were an invented threat of strategic audacity. Their case could garner legitimacy, and make us fearful, because the FBI knew how to design a “terrorist menace” that not only invoked Islamophobia, but also a much broader arsenal of racist ideologies and signifiers.