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By Mike German, ACLU, Washington Legislative Office

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No NSA Poster Child: The Real Story of 9/11 Hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar

This story originally appeared at Defense One.
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Axe Wasteful and Abusive FBI Programs

According to the Washington Post, new FBI Director James Comey is struggling with an FBI budget shortfall as a result of the sequester (even though the FBI budget more than doubled since 2001). Since we just finished Unleashed and Unaccountable, a detailed examination of the transformation of the FBI since 9/11, we thought we'd offer the new director a few ideas about programs that deserve to get the axe, because they're ineffective, undermine innocent Americans' privacy and civil liberties, or simply offend American values.