10 Most Bizarre Stuff Ever Stolen Tons of Beach Sand Police in Jamaica were trying to hunt down a group of thieves, suspected of stealing hundreds of tons of sand from a beach on the northern coast of the island. Hundreds of truckloads of sand went missing from Coral Spring beach but so far no arrests have been made and detectives suspect the tourism industry might be to blame, seeing as it could add value to their businesses. Muslim Groups: FBI Response to Islamophobia Scandal Not Good Enough After reports emerged last week that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's counterterrorism training included materials that depicted Muslims as inherently radical and violent, the bureau moved quickly to reach out to a number American Muslim groups in an effort to smooth over relations. FBI officials promised to take the problem seriously and vowed to conduct an internal review of the materials, which included assertions that mainstream American Muslims were sympathetic to terrorism and that the more devout a Muslim is, the more likely he is to be violent. "There was acknowledgement that what happened is wrong and what happens needs to be addressed immediately," says Abed Ayoub, the legal director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). "It was a good first step in rectifying this."
Glenn Greenwald: Q&A Want to discuss drones? Leave your questions in the comments. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Ron Paul, Adam Smith Push To End Indefinite Detention Of Americans WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to end the law that lets the military indefinitely detain people arrested in America on terrorism charges. Ever since Congress passed the Authorization to Use Military Force against Al Qaeda and its allies after the 2001 attacks, the White House has asserted the authority to have the military seize suspected terrorists -- including Americans -- and detain them without trial as long as there is a war on terror. That policy was enshrined in law with last year's National Defense Authorization Act, although President Barack Obama has issued rules barring authorities from detaining Americans. But that is not good enough, said House lawmakers on Wednesday, vowing to push an amendment by Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) to this year's National Defense Authorization Act that would expressly require any suspected terrorist caught in the United States or its territories to be tried in civilian courts.
Chilling black and white pictures reveal New York's grisly history of crime By Emily Anne Epstein Published: 02:26 GMT, 12 May 2012 | Updated: 12:15 GMT, 13 May 2012 The New York City Police Department has opened its vaults and released some of the most bloodcurdling images of the 20th century: its catalog of killers and their victims. The 1,326 police evidence photographs are now available on the Department of Record’s website, sure to inspire more than a few nightmares. The images were taken between 1915 and 1930 and show dozens of dead bodies, grieving mothers and portraits of the cold-blooded murderers themselves. However, MailOnline spoke to a retired detective who saw something different: just another day in the life of an NYPD officer.
Maddow: Is a World Net Daily crank writing training manuals for the FBI? Rachel Maddow hosted Wired magazine reporter Spencer Ackerman on last night’s show. Ackerman has uncovered evidence that a “World Net Daily” writer has been writing wildly racist and inflammatory training materials used in the briefing of senior counter-terrorism agents at the FBI. World Net Daily is an extreme right-wing website that is one of the last bastions of “Birtherism” on the net. 5 Intriguing New NSA Revelations From Edward Snowden Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is reportedly hunkered down at Moscow's international airport, but over the weekend his disclosures about US surveillance programs continued to send shock waves through the international community. On Friday, the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald gave a sneak preview of a yet-to-be released document detailing the startling number of phone traffic the NSA collects daily. On Saturday, the Washington Post released more top-secret slides showing how the NSA's PRISM program captures information from tech giants.
Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Stop-and-Frisk Suit Robert Stolarik for The New York TimesThe police patrolled Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn in 2010. A federal judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics, saying she was disturbed by the city’s “deeply troubling apathy towards New Yorkers’ most fundamental constitutional rights.” The decision by the judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, of Federal District Court, (see also below) provides possible legal recourse for hundreds of thousands of people who have been caught up in the department’s increasingly vigorous stop-and-frisk practice, which critics say unjustly ensnares blacks and Latinos.