the mentality of the f.b.i. to either frame people or to go after people for their political views is definitely still in place now if you went over some of the of the more broad elements of the story here and give us some of the more details of exactly what the f.b.i. did how they went after people you know for example the letter that they wrote to dr martin luther king sure well i mean the look fear that was that was put into people back in the day paralyzed a lot of different movements because of cointelpro so as you mentioned this letter written tomorrow is their king they were actually bugging his room as he was having dates with certain women or what depending on what he was doing in the use that information against him and they wrote this letter that says you have only one last thing to do you have thirty four days to do it and they were referring to suicide they were trying to convince him to commit suicide because he was a fraud he was sleeping around and they were just really pinning this idea that the

a terrifying plot the f.b.i. claims to have thwarted the suspects quickly dubbed the new book for our poor illiterate ex conflicts with neither passports nor licenses no direction by a foreign entity or a real terrorist group instead it direction came from shahid hussain a pakistani immigrant on the f.b.i. payroll reportedly paid nearly one hundred thousand dollars for his services f.b.i. operatives provided the fake c four and actually showed them a fake stinger missile fake weapons and a manufactured terror plot according to court testimony hussein recruited the economically strapped defended spy offering cars and cash to carry out the orchestrated operation then the agent provocateur or testified as the government's key witness in this nine eleven america the f.b.i. has upped its ante against terrorism allegedly boiling hot summers the country question is would there be any thoughts well without government form in place to help free that despite surprisingly little criticism from amnesty international and huma

up by the f.b.i. government decides that for some reason your ideology is causes them concern because then they can come after you and they can manufacture crimes against you and they can make up a whole case and put you through the whole thing and eventually if they can persuade a jury that this manufactured case is valid you can go to jail for a very long time guilty verdicts for all four men as is the case of david williams and the other three who now face life in prison i don't have slaveholders i got government owns a government that will sell a family off for political gain. and this is a god damned shame there are some said to be a goddamn larry king today. r.t. new york and coming up next hour our interview with american professor and historian norman markowitz well you have millions in the u.s. left homeless do you have foreclosures and millions more left without jobs he compares modern day america to an iconic movie. in the united states. the people who are called the middle class are the wo

for his services f.b.i. operatives provided the fake c four and actually showed them a fake stinger missile fake weapons and a manufactured terror plot according to court testimony hussein recruited the economically strapped defended by offering cars in cash to carry out the orchestrated operation then the agent provocateur or testified as the government's key witness in this nine eleven america the f.b.i. has upped its ante against terrorism how much relief boiling pot surprise the country question is would there be any plots well with our government in place to help free despite surprisingly little criticism from amnesty international and human rights watch others have expressed no more over what they term entrapment it's a practice considered unacceptable in countries all throughout europe but i don't think it is i know what is tracking it a leash in mcwilliams mccullum is the honor of twenty nine year old david williams one of the newburgh four she says her nephew is languishing behind bars for a fake te

and the f.b.i. is facing a backlash over its approach to dealing with homegrown terror critics say some of its tactics amount entrapment with agents helping to organize plaudits simply for a p.r. coup one of them. may two thousand and nine according to the f.b.i. the four men intended to carry out their planned day for african american muslims are arrested you have to say sir paraded in front of new york news cameras presented as the faces of homegrown terrorism even if it was a. jewish facilities here in the branch but also taken a military aircraft. a terrifying plot the f.b.i. claims to afford it the suspects quickly dubbed the newburg for our poor illiterate ex conflicts with neither passports nor licenses direction by a foreign entity or really a terrorist group instead it direction came from shahid hussain a pakistani immigrant on the f.b.i. payroll reportedly paid nearly one hundred thousand dollars for his services f.b.i. operatives provided the fake c four and actually showed them a fake st

into the fifth best a geisha the f.b.i. describes its responsibility for investigating financial fraud on its website it is called mortgage fraud and epidemic they're calling it operation malicious mortgage the f.b.i. unveiled the results of a three and a half month probe it's in mortgage related fraud f.b.i. director robert muller for this operation more than four hundred defendants have been charged and we have a paid one hundred seventy three convictions in crimes that accounted for more than eleven billion dollars and estimated losses the f.b.i. first warned of this fraud epidemic in two thousand and four reporting also though that their corporate crime units had been downsized to join the fight against terrorism some criminal cases are reported in the press but not all are prosecuted with companies often paying fines rather than facing a judge or a jury goldman sachs paid sixty million dollars to settle a so brian complain the massachusetts authorities said they had this zine and mortgages to fail and they paid sixty m

his name is said ali, an f.b.i. let me read, now, from the criminal complaint filed: "ali admitted the information in the may 12, 2010 e-mail regarding individual ties to tribal members in pakistan was false and including the one to hurt the motherland and said he gave this false information to the f.b.i. to get individuals in trouble because of a personal conflict." this intelligence had u.s. agencies so concerned in the last few weeks and in recent months. we reported on how they followei these five threat streams. this was one. but this informant led them down the path and it shows great difficulties in dealing with human intelligence when you are relying on human informants but now it towns out thisçó source r this intelligence has been charged with lying to the f.b.i@ >>shepard: thankÑi pentagon, jennifer. another day ofÑi emotional testimony at ft. hood. army psychiatrist nadal hassan accused killing 13 people in a rampage a year ago. witnesses coming face-to-face with him in court as they describe the terrif

and then he goes yeah. >> an f.b.i.erson refused to discuss the device but told us "court decisions have consistently upheld there is no warrant necessary for gps tracking of a vehicle when that vehicle is in a public space." agents did confirm they spoke with affi and that he was cooperating. thousands of documents shows tens of millions of welfare dollars have been spent out of the state. and some at vacation resorts. the discovery of new legislation to prevent welfare abuse. capacity correspondent nanette miranda reports. >> this is ridiculous, unacceptable. >> welfare offices have been jam-packed with applicants needing cash assistance for basic needs. but under new legislation be to be introduced by ted gains, welfare resip sants have to start spending benefits only within the state. a los angeles times analysis found $69 million was spent outside state lines during a three and a half year period beginning in january of 2007. at tourist destinations like las vegas, hawaii beaches and cruise ships in florida. critic

then he goes, yeah. >> an f.b.i. spokesperson refused to discuss his discovery but did say, quote, court decisions have consistently upheld that there is no warrant necessary for gps tracking of a vehicle when the vehicle is in a public space. >> you can put it on any person's car. i would argue this violation of people's constitutional rights. >> u.s. court of appeals reaffirmed the government's ability to use defies on cars but his attorney insists his civil rights were violated and he was intimidated and harassed. >> they can try but also federal officers are protected by immunities in context. >> they spoke with him and he is cooperating fully. >>> the giants tortured fans during the regular season and they are doing it again in the. last night, a 4-0 giants' lead turned into a 5-4 loss to atlanta. they are tied at one game apiece. they jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a home run and added another run. atlanta scored one run in the sixth inning and later tied it up with three runs in the eighth. they had a huge opport

>> reporter: the f.b.i. is tight-lipped on that. underlying how important the f.b.i. is making the case. they added $25,000 to the reward, $100,000 to the information to find the guys. $25,000 of which is paid for by brinks. brinks incidentally had two of the armored truck escorting the hearse over the weekend carrying the body of aracebia, buried the day after he was shot point blank carrying the two bags of cash. >> shepard: phil keating live in north bay village, south of miami. good to see you. >>> developing now. police say a man went on a shooting spree in florida and killed two people and shot himself. no word if he survived. we're told it happened in and around gainesville, florida. he shot people at random. it started this afternoon around 4:00 in the home of the university of florida. it does not appear the victims were connected in any way. updates as they come in on fox news. >>> fate of a man accused of committing horrific crimes of a connecticut family of four is in the hands of a jury. jury started deliberating the verdict for the man on the left hand s

this is after the f.b.i.d his get away car into a dumpster forcing him to flee on foot. the 37-year-old terrence brown contacted the f.b.i. but he has not been arresteddity or charged but he is a person person and two others remain at large but according to police they are armed and believed very, very dangerous. >>shepard: how much money did they make off with? >>reporter: they, the f.b.i., says the money was recovered. but look at the surveillance video from a neighboring business of the bank of america branch. you can clearly see one of the suspects, and this is one of the two unoverred suspects, throwing something in the back seat, looks like a white bag, and he runs around the hood to hop into the passenger seat and right shotgun but the f.b.i. agent says all of money has been recovered. >>shepard: thank you from south florida, thank you. the biggest american sex study in two decades is out, and there are, to some observers, surprising results. next, what everyone from teens to people in their 90's are s

two days later he says the f.b.i. and other police stopped him as he left his santa clara apartment complex. and a federal agent started questioning him. >> have you ever been to yemen for any time of training? no. do you know anybody that's affiliated with anybody that's extreme or abnormal or posting anything online that they shouldn't be. he said where's the devials located on your vehicle. i didn't answer. i just asked him: did you guys put it there?

the case is an f.b.i. sting. prosecutors say over the past six months, ahmed videotaped four metro train stations around d.c. and allegedly turned over the tapes and some diagrams to undercover f.b.i. agents which he thought were members of al qaeda. the sources say he made no contact with actual terror operatives and collected no bomb-making materials. but if convicted, ahmed still faces 50 years in prison. katie? >> couric: so he may not have had the where with all, but the intentions were certainly there? >> reporter: no doubt about that. >> couric: all right, bob orr, bob, thanks so much. still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," politics makes strange sound bites, especially this year. but up next, they helped barack obama make history. how are african americans feeling two years later? we'll listen to their american voices. everything is better with swanson broth in it, an essential ingredient in any kitchen. swanson 100% natural chicken broth. and the life you want to live. with rheumatoid arthritis, the

whether or not the f.b.i. had crucial information that may have been able to help prevent those attacks. >> and a brother's love and loss is helping with ground zero. also give rise to freedom. the incredible story coming up. >> we are america's election headquarters. the campaign trail 17 days to go before the crucial midterm elections. control of congress hangs in the balance and nevada residents there are already casting votes. weighing in on up with of the hottest races right now in our country, that is the senate fight between democratic majority leader harry reid and tea party favorite republican challenger sharron angle. chief political correspondent carl cameron live in the silver state with the very latest. carl, nevada has been having early voting. 35 states actually have it now. how is it going today? >> very busy, surprisingly so. if you were to compare the number of people who take part in early voting in a state like nevada to the favorability of the candidates, early voting is more popular than

how to make an enemy of the f.b.i. is facing a backlash over its approach to dealing with homegrown terror critics say agents help organize blogs assembly for the p.r. boost and get someone to florals them. levels of global junk e-mail have fallen by a fifth after the man thought to be the world's biggest spammer and was tracked down. and a friend turned down to head out into the streets to protest against pension reform angry at the senate for moving the bill closer to becoming wall. as we have lines here in our tailback the top of the hour in the meantime let's get the sports news with natalia. hello and welcome this is the sport news in our team and here is some of our main stories in brief says i'm able to take away three points from the dubay games to the title now is practical reason needs to. go and he says people shouldn't hesitate taking the most extreme measures in resolving the boat selling scandal. and the new n.b.a. season ticks off with boston hauling all things super charged to meet while the blazers bea

a new arrest in an f.b.i. sting fuels fears of homegrown terrorism in the u.s. and criticism the agency's entrapment tactics are catching the wrong people. too much junk mail might put one man in jail investigation into one of the world's biggest spammers some soon on the run and slashing circulation of even by one fifth . of all news twenty four seven. france is seeing another day of destruction and another crippling two hundred million euros loss for its finances the pension reform people have been protesting against has already been rubber stamped and it seems the tide is now turning against the unions who have been paralyzing the country's economy. reports. saving face the french trade unions are still taking people to the streets despite the fact that reform they're protesting against is a given still angry french citizens say the show must go as ordinary persons look on drinking their coffee.

a new arrest in an f.b.i. sting. growing terrorism in the u.s. criticism of the agency's entrapment tactics catching the wrong people. junk mail. rushes investigation into one of the world's biggest. one fifth. about with more news in fifteen minutes from now all next it's time for the sports updates with. thanks for taking the time to join us this is for today i'm ves our stories in brief. wide open leaders need to lose out spartak moscow to ensure a thrilling last few weeks in the russian premier league. a dream. quest to end the world number one gets closer after ten full day until. all drop their first points of the euro league season going down to partisan and again they really should have all. russian football fans are strapping themselves in for a frantic finale to the russian premier league season after top of the tables and suffered their first defeat of the year away to spartak moscow it was alternate in the first half however the clearest cut chance falling to the informal alexander cough but usually for the russian international a sho

to make an enemy the f.b.i. is facing a backlash over its approach to dealing with homegrown terror critics say agents helped organize blogs simply for the p.r. boost it gets when the foils them. and global junk e-mail has fallen by a record fifty billion a day after the man thought to be the world's biggest fan our was tracked down. and the french are down to head out on to the streets to protest against pension reform angry of the senate for moving the new bill closer to becoming law. so we have lines here in our back at the top of the hour in the meantime we bring you the sports have date with your. thanks for taking the time to join us this is for today i'm ves our stories in bring. wide open leaders need to lose out spartak moscow to ensure a thrilling last few weeks in the russian premier league. a dream. quest to end the world number one gets closer after ten full day until. next. drop their first points all the euro league season going into partisan and again they really should have all. russian football

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company that is a clause government agency that's run by sheila bair and when a bank is insolvent the f.b.i. see steps in they guarantee all the deposits under i think it's a quarter million or half a million dollars now they fire the senior management they tell the shareholders we're sorry but your bank is insolvent you wiped out they take what's left there they find a buyer washington mutual's a great example i want to j.p. morgan for a couple of billion dollars and once the net of that left over money is goes to the bondholders typically twenty thirty cents on the dollar so they lose a hefty chunk of their money again that's the penalty for lending money to an insolvent institution sweden did the same thing they essentially nationalized on a temporary basis all of their banks when they had their crisis nationalization is the wrong word it really should be called a prepackaged bankruptcy resolution they cleaned up the banks they threw out the lousy management they they sold off the debt for pennies on the dollar they recapitalize the bank and they spun amounts of the world where they do i

the f.b.i. is checking whether banks' actions were criminal. that's why federal officials involved in housing met at the white house today. >> there are law enforcement agencies that are involved, but they are looking at allegations of fraud. and that is part of the review, but that's only one part of it. >> reporter: and analysts say this crisis probably won't peak until some time next year, which means this foreclosure mess is likely to get messier still. katie? >> couric: bill whitaker, bill, thanks very much. it was the mortgage meltdown that touched off the worldwide economic crisis and many countries are still struggling to recover. today britain's new conservative government outlined the sharpest cuts in public spending in six decades, the equivalent of $135 billion over the next five years. experts on both sides of the atlantic will be watching carefully to see if that kind of severe belt tightening can cure an ailing economy. from london, here's mark phillips. >> reporter: it's a high-stakes roll of the economic dice involving massive