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05/08/13 Warren Elly with Joe NavarroLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: counter-terror, Boston bombings, Cleveland woman Freed, Joe Navarro, FBI, abductions, gang violence, US Murder rates, gangs, European Terror, Domestic Terror
Joe Navarro retired from the FBI in 2003…since then he’s built a world-wide reputation as an expert on terror, as a teacher and as a prolific author. As Fidel Castro was tightening his grip on Cuba, shortly after the failed Bay of Pigs, Joe’s family brought their 8 year old son to America. At age 23, working as a policeman, the FBI recruited Joe and he may be the youngest agents ever hired… For 25 years he chased terrorists, and spies and liars. Joe was a pioneer in the FBI’s use of Behavio...
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04/16/13 APWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Boston Marathon, terrorism, Barack Obama, FBI, Boston
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said this morning there were 176 casualties, 17 of them in critical condition, and three fatalities from yesterday’s bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
President Barack Obama said today the deadly bombings were an act of terrorism but investigators do not know if they were carried out by an international or domestic organization, or perhaps by an individual.
Be the first to comment"This was a heinous and cowardly act. And given what we now know about ...
War on Terror: Arresting Real Terrorists or Entrapment?
01/07/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Trevor Aaronson, War on Terror, FBI, entrapment, informants
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Every few months it seems the FBI arrests persons or people suspected of plotting terrorist acts in the US. How many of those are truly terrorists-- and how many of them would not be able to pull off the proposed terrorist act- unless they had help from government informants? We'll talk about the issue in a few minutes here on Radioactivity. But first three listener comments about last Friday's program on which we talked about the history of the Second ...
Be the first to commentPeace activists implore feds to call off "witch hunt" domestic terrorism investigations listen
09/24/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: NDAA, Holder v Humanitarian, Barry Jonas, Committee to Stop FBI Oppression, Jared Hamil, peace, anti-war, terrorism, domestic terrorism, FBI
Peace activists nationwide are speaking out Monday against what they see as FBI oppression against protesters. In downtown Tampa, ten people protested anti-terrorism tactics and legislation in front of the Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse. Jared Hamil heads the Tampa Committee to Stop FBI Oppression which is participating in a national call-in day to ask a U.S. attorney to call off investigations of 22 anti-war activists.
2 comments“Hi, my name is Jared Hamil. I’m from Tampa Bay. I’m a fellow acti...
New Port Richey job fair draws 300 residents looking for work listen
12/06/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Unemployment, unemployment rate, jobs, FBI, veterans, Pasco County
More than 300 job seekers and dozens of employers converged on a job fair in New Port Richey, where many residents say they are finding it difficult to find work outside of the service industry. Employers ranging from home based businesses to federal agencies were accepting applications.
It seems that Floridians need all the help they can get when it comes...
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12/05/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: national defense authorization act, 9/11 attacks, 9/11 Commission, whistleblower, whistelblowers, FBI, NDAA
Americans are entitled to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution, but the new defense spending bill that passed by an overwhelming majority in the Senate last week excluded an amendment to prohibit the military from indefinitely detaining US citizens.
Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley is now an anti-war activist,...
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10/03/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CAIR, Muslim-Americans, Muslims, FBI, civil liberties, civil rights
The Tampa Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has received a startling number of complaints from members of the Muslim community claiming they have been harassed by the FBI. In a workshop yesterday residents were taught how to handle encounters with law enforcement.
Hassan Shibly, executive director for CAIR’s Tampa chapter, said harassment has always been an issue, but the frequency of Muslims being hassled by law...
Be the first to commentPoisoning The Press: Richard Nixon v Jack Anderson
06/09/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Poisoning the Press, Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, Mark Feldstein, corruption, Watergate, Drew Pearson, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, homophobia
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. In a moment we’ll discuss the epic struggle between President Richard Nixon and one of the top investigative journalists of the time- Jack Anderson, it’s covered in a new book by Mark Feldstein - an investigative reporter himself who spent part of his career here in the Tampa Bay area.
But first some listener comments about yesterday’s interview with Stetson Law professor Michael Allen about the US Constitution. Here’s what several lis...
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02/04/11 Zack BaddorfWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FBI, interrogation
You’ve probably seen hostage negotiations played out dramatically in movies like “The Negotiator” with Samuel L. Jackson. Last week, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, an actual FBI hostage negotiator spoke about the reality of how he saved lives.
To learn more about Gary Noesner, check out his new book “Stalling for Time.”
Gary Noesner had always wanted to join the FBI.
Be the first to comment“A career in the FBI was something I wanted to do from about the age of 12 when I saw a television show ab...
FBI put Howard Zinn on a list of suspects to be detained in event of emergency - part 2 listen
08/06/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Howard Zinn, Matthew Rothschild, FBI, civil liberties, domestic spying, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights movement
Historian, author, and activist Howard Zinn died in January. He may be best known for his book A People’s History of the United States. Last Friday the FBI released more than 400 pages of files it has kept on Zinn since March, 1949.
Last night on the WMNF Evening News we brought you the first half of our analysis of those FBI files....
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