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News & Politics, Feature Feb 20, 2020
Heroes, terrorists, and the police

The lack of congressional oversight on ITTA—a small police training company founded in Chicago that has trained more than 600 officers in El Salvador—is even more problematic given the behavior of some of the U.S. officers running the program.
- By Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Alison Flowers, Ellen Glover, Danielle Mackey, and Annie Nguyen
- Tags: Feature, Police, Chicago Police Department, El Salvador, ITTA, Grupo Reaccion Policial, International Tactical Training Association, counterterrorism, PNC, Salvadoran Civilian National Police, Fraternal Order of Police, National Academy for Public Security, death squads, cops

News & Politics, Feature Dec 10, 2018
The problem with the “public health” approach to ideological violence

The Countering Violent Extremism program is meant to stop terrorism and hate crimes before they happen, but critics say it’s yet another excuse to spy on Muslims.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, News, Countering Violent Extremism, CVE, national security, counterterrorism, surveillance, Muslims, Islam, profiling, racial profiling, terrorism, extremism, ideological violence, Arab American Action Network, Muhammad Sankari, Barack Obama, Obama administration, Donald Trump, Trump administration, Patriot Act, 9/11, September 11, ACLU, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, FBI, COINTELPRO, Operation Vulgar Betrayal, Katharine Gorka, Islamophobia, Life After Hate, white supremacy, white supremacists, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, ICJIA, Junaid Afeef, Targeted Violence Prevention Program, Nicole Nguyen, UIC, Stevan Weine, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University, Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University, Kristin Sekerci, public health, George W. Bush

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