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https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/maui-chie ... -wildfire/Maui chief doesn’t regret not activating sirens during wildfire: ‘We would not have saved those people’
By Katherine Donlevy
August 16, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ess-deathsDeadlier Atlantic storms excessively killing US people of color – study
Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
Wed 16 Aug 2023
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rest ... on-scandalBiden’s Justice Department is burying its big FBI corruption scandal
By John Schindler August 17, 2023
https://theintercept.com/2022/05/20/chi ... ance-fake/FBI PROVIDES CHICAGO POLICE WITH FAKE ONLINE IDENTITIES FOR “SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLOITATION” TEAM
Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online.
Mara Hvistendahl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_ConsentManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media is a 1988 book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. It argues that the mass communication media of the U.S. "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion", by means of the propaganda model of communication.[1] The title refers to consent of the governed, and derives from the phrase "the manufacture of consent" used by Walter Lippmann in Public Opinion (1922).[2] The book was honored with the Orwell Award.
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/minnesota ... t-got-wishMinnesota police force's resignation sparks outcry: 'Defund the Police lunatics' just got their wish
The entire police force in Goodhue, Minn, resigned this week
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published August 16, 2023
Partial List Fox Crime Shows (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) 1-50(out of 317)
1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.1 Rate this
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek
2. NCIS (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.8 Rate this
The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington, D.C. Major Case Response Team.
Stars: David McCallum, Sean Murray, Mark Harmon, Brian Dietzen
3. Dexter (2006–2013)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.7 Rate this
He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar
4. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.3 Rate this
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
5. Deadwood (2004–2006)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, History
8.6 Rate this
A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif
6. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
8.3 Rate this 81 Metascore
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
7. The Killing (2011–2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.3 Rate this
A police investigation, the saga of a grieving family, and a Seattle mayoral campaign all interlock after the body of 17-year-old Rosie Larsen is found in the trunk of a submerged car.
Stars: Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Billy Campbell, Liam James
8. NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.7 Rate this
Detectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
Stars: Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Gordon Clapp, James McDaniel
9. Boston Legal (2004–2008)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
8.5 Rate this
Boston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.
Stars: James Spader, William Shatner, Candice Bergen, Rene Auberjonois
10. Trainspotting (1996)
R | 93 min | Drama
8.1 Rate this 83 Metascore
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
11. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
8.0 Rate this
A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.
Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless
12. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
7.6 Rate this 74 Metascore
During World War II, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
13. Dogville (2003)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
8.0 Rate this 61 Metascore
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
14. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama, War
7.5 Rate this 53 Metascore
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
15. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
6.9 Rate this
Working for the F.B.I., a mathematician uses equations to help solve various crimes.
Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
16. The Practice (1997–2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.7 Rate this
We follow the exploits and cases of defense attorneys of a Boston law firm. Bobby Donnell is the senior defense attorney and founder of the firm.
Stars: Dylan McDermott, Kelli Williams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Steve Harris
17. Traffic (2000)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.6 Rate this 86 Metascore
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas
Votes: 215,030 | Gross: $124.12M
18. Rules of Engagement (2000)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller, War
6.4 Rate this 45 Metascore
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley
19. The Glades (2010–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.4 Rate this
A former Chicago cop moves to a small Florida town and joins the state police.
Stars: Matt Passmore, Kiele Sanchez, Carlos Gómez, Jordan Wall
20. The Guardian (2001–2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
7.4 Rate this
Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick.
Stars: Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Raphael Sbarge, Dabney Coleman
21. Arlington Road (1999)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.2 Rate this 65 Metascore
A man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
22. Cops (1989–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Reality-TV
6.9 Rate this
Camera crews follow police officers while they work.
Stars: Ruben Barela, Andrew Fincher, Alex Cox, Heather Ashley Chase
23. Millennium (I) (1996–1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
8.0 Rate this
A former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group which investigates serial killers, conspiracies, the occult, and those obsessed with the end of the millennium.
Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Brittany Tiplady
24. Brotherhood (2006–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
7.7 Rate this
Set in an Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, the series revolves around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a state politician (Jason Clarke).
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish, Kevin Chapman
25. The Way of the Gun (2000)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
6.6 Rate this 49 Metascore
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother carrying a baby for a powerful, shady man.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs
26. Drowning Mona (2000)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
5.7 Rate this 25 Metascore
When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis
27. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.4 Rate this 78 Metascore
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu
28. The Booth at the End (2011–2012)
30 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
8.2 Rate this
Everyone wants something. There is a mysterious figure who sits in the booth at the end, who you make a deal with to get what you want. You do the task or you don't - that is up to you, but... See full summary »
Stars: Xander Berkeley, Jennifer Del Rosario, Jenni Blong, Michelle Dunker
Votes: 4,947
29. Resurrection (1999)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
6.1 Rate this
Chicago homicide detectives Prudhome and Hollingsworth are assigned to investigate a murder. Both become entangled in the plot of a serial killer whose goal is to recreate the body of Christ.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Mike Anscombe, Jeff J.J. Authors, Patrick Chilvers
Votes: 10,697
30. Persons Unknown (2010)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.8 Rate this
Several strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.
Stars: Jason Wiles, Daisy Betts, Chadwick Boseman, Lola Glaudini
Votes: 8,653
31. Unforgettable (1996)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
6.0 Rate this
A medical examiner, who was suspected of murdering his wife, is trying an experimental drug to retrieve his wife's and others' memory and maybe find the killer and the mass murderer in a related present case.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 5,787 | Gross: $2.78
32. Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003–2012)
TV-14 | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Reality-TV
5.0 Rate this
This series follows the exploits of real-life bounty hunter Duane 'Dog' Chapman and his family chasing down actual fugitives in the Hawaiian Islands. It grew out of an episode of A&E's "... See full summary »
Stars: Duane 'Dog' Chapman, Leland Chapman, Beth Chapman, Tim Chapman
Votes: 4,539
33. Medical Investigation (2004–2005)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
7.0 Rate this
The cases of an elite government medical investigation unit specializing in public health emergencies, such as serious disease outbreaks.
Stars: Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap
Votes: 1,095
34. Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
6.3 Rate this
Brilliant, flamboyant master criminal Michael Lynch is more interested in his image and his posterity than the actual profit from his ill-gotten gains.
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 14,184
35. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
7.2 Rate this
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Lung Ti, Dean Shek
Votes: 10,921
36. Vanished (2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.9 Rate this
A senator's wife goes missing.
Stars: John Allen Nelson, Joanne Kelly, Margarita Levieva, John Patrick Amedori
Votes: 1,728
37. Standoff (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
7.5 Rate this
A pair of hostage negotiators try to resist their budding attraction to each other.
Stars: Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Gina Torres, Michael Cudlitz
Votes: 2,150
38. The Lyon's Den (2003–2004)
60 min | Drama
6.4 Rate this
Jack Turner, plucked from his free law clinc and brought to the white shoe law firm of Lyons & Lacrosse after the mysterious death of his mentor, Dan Barrington, who ran the place. Owing it... See full summary »
Stars: Rob Lowe, Perrey Reeves, Elizabeth Mitchell, Matt Craven
Votes: 189
39. Simpatico (1999)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
4.7 Rate this 41 Metascore
After scams at horse races and making lots of money, 3 young people split. 20 years later, one of them, a drunk, creates chaos with photos from back then.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener
Votes: 3,683 | Gross: $0.90M
40. National Geographic: Inside 9/11 (2004– )
240 min | Documentary
8.0 Rate this
Inside 9/11 provides insight into the events that led up to 9/11 by tracing the timeline from al Qaeda's earliest origins through the aftermath of 9/11 and the ongoing investigation.
Stars: Rohan Gunaratna, Terry McDermott, Patrick Fitzgerald, Yosri Fouda
Votes: 525
41. Killer Instinct (2005–2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.1 Rate this
San Francisco detectives handle the city's most bizarre crimes.
Stars: Johnny Messner, Chi McBride, Kristin Lehman, Ramon De Ocampo
Votes: 625
42. Masterminds (2003–2007)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
8.0 Rate this
Masterminds tells real crime stories about amazing deceptions that brilliant criminals use to pull off seemingly impossible crimes. This new half-hour series combines the mystery of a "... See full summary »
Stars: Jamie Watson, Kevin Busch, Toofun West, David Rego
Votes: 204
43. Nowhere to Hide (1999)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
6.4 Rate this 55 Metascore
Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.
Director: Lee Myung-se | Stars: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-Ki Ahn, Jang Dong-Gun, Choi Ji-woo
Votes: 2,168 | Gross: $0.02M
44. Parco P.I. (2005– )
Reality-TV
6.2 Rate this
A hybrid reality/docu-drama series that follows the Parcoses, a New York City family that runs their own private investigation firm.
Stars: Danielle Parco, Vinny Parco, Vinny Parco Jr., Chris Parco
Votes: 50
45. Trace Evidence: The Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee (2004– )
60 min | Crime
8.1 Rate this
Dr. Lee reconstructs how he solved some of his cases during his 40 years as a forensic scientist.
Stars: Henry C. Lee, Tim Palmbach, Nick Noriea, Martin Ohradan
Votes: 57
46. Inside the Mafia (2005– )
240 min | Documentary, Crime
7.8 Rate this
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Stars: Henry Hill, John Gotti, Tony Rossi, Ray Liotta
Votes: 89
47. 9mm: São Paulo (2008– )
45 min | Crime, Drama
7.1 Rate this
A mini-series that chronicles the professional and private lives of a group of Brazilian homicide detectives.
Stars: Norival Rizzo, Luciano Quirino, Clarissa Kiste, Nicolas Trevijano
Votes: 66
48. I, Detective (2001–2006)
30 min | Documentary, Crime
7.1 Rate this
Armchair detectives and forensic science junkies get the opportunity to solve real cases each week on Court TV's "I, Detective". This half-hour series airs weekly and gives viewers the ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael McGlone, Karen Ziemba, Jennie Floyd, Pat Brown
Votes: 25
49. Proof of Lies (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
4.4 Rate this
A scientist researches the genetic cause of addictive behavior.
Director: Peter Svatek | Stars: Amanda Detmer, Cindy Sampson, Serge Houde, Anthony Lemke
Votes: 160
50. Making of 'Zodiac' (2007 Video)
Short
5.6 Rate this
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ ... -explainedFBI Access to Social Media Monitoring
by Rachel Levinson-Waldman and Jesus A. Rodriguez
https://guardrails.orgNOBODY NEEDS ONE...
UNTIL THEY DO
https://www.click2houston.com/news/loca ... is-it-you/FBI Houston is looking for its next special agent. Is it you?
https://www.fbi.gov/news/fbi-social-media-sitesFBI Social Media Sites
Media Relations at FBI HQ and in Field Offices Policy Guide 0809PG
Media Relations at FBI HQ and in Field Offices Policy Guide 0809PG Part 01 of 0
https://fbijobs.gov/arts-communicationsBusiness Operations Careers at the FBI
ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS CAREERS
Arts and communications professionals lend their creative skills to tell impactful stories about our people, our cases, and the communities we serve.
https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/c ... shows/fbi/FBI
CBS Entertainment
https://www.dailypress.com/2023/08/17/p ... president/Pesidential history: Politics entwine the FBI and president
https://www.wilsonquarterly.com/quarter ... s-in-mediaInside the FBI's decades-long effort to court allies in the media
– THE WILSON QUARTERLY
J. Edgar Hoover's hidden wordsmiths
As the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover faced a public-relations problem. Amid the centralization of government under FDR’s New Deal, some Americans worried that a federal law enforcement agency would develop into a secret police force. To head off such fears, the FBI under Hoover began what became a decades-long effort to court allies in the press. One of the more unusual aspects of this campaign was the creation of a five-agent ghostwriting division that cultivated journalists with ostensibly personal letters from Hoover. The correspondence unit, housed in the FBI’s crime records division, churned out thousands of these missives during Hoover’s 48-year tenure at the helm of the FBI and its predecessor, the Bureau of Investigation, writes Matthew Cecil, a journalism and communications scholar at South Dakota State University.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1b7x620Hoover's FBI and the Fourth Estate: The Campaign to Control the Press and the Bureau's Image
Matthew Cecil
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/ar ... gar-hooverTHE FIRST AMENDMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/ ... ng-hoover/Portrait of the Director as a young man: J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI file
The Bureau’s earliest files on the “Number One G-Man” document their golden boy’s meteoric rise
Written by Beryl Lipton
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/j-e ... werful-manJ. Edgar Hoover: The library clerk who became America’s ‘most-powerful man’
https://tupress.temple.edu/books/the-bossThe Boss
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition
Athan G. Theoharis and John Stuart Cox
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ ... -explainedFederal Government Social Media Surveillance, Explained
The government’s increased monitoring of social media raises concerns for civil rights and civil liberties.
Harsha Pandurang
Emil Mella Pablo