Archive - Noir

Chicago police used Dataminr, controversial surveillance tool

Formerly CIA-funded, Dataminr has been criticized for its surveillance of non-criminal protest activity, and has provided hundreds of thousands of…

Sep 2 •

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August 2024

Chicago office building feared pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Feds tasked counterterrorism team to keep watch

DHS dispatched counterterrorism Fusion Center to track potential pro-Palestinian protests despite lack of specific threats

Aug 26 •

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June 2024

Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list

The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov’s profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial…

Jun 20 •

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May 2024

Before the clearing: Inside the University of Chicago encampment

Students advocate for the University to divest from Israel and weapons manufacturers, and argue for a multi-national, democratic and unified state in…

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March 2024

Chicago Archdiocese bungled child sexual abuse investigation, priest says

Fr. Daniel McCarthy said he was never directly questioned about the details of child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him, and one of the…

Mar 19 •

February 2024

U.S. Government Funds Anti-Iranian Regime News Outlet IranWire

Contrary to its claims of independence, the popular dissident Persian news outlet receives the vast majority of its funding from the U.S. State…

Feb 6 •

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October 2023

Leader at Anti-Iranian-Regime Media Outlet has U.S. Government Ties

Iran International General Manager, Mahmood Enayat, has several links to the United States government

Oct 26, 2023 •

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Oct 21, 2023 •

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