Crime - The New American

The Validity of “Straw Man” Gun Sales Goes to Supreme Court

On Wednesday the Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in Abramski v. United States, a case where it will be decided if someone...

Bob Adelmann January 23, 2014

Former Virginia Gov. McDonnell and Wife Charged With Corruption

Bob Adelmann January 22, 2014

The towering list of appalling evidence of corruption by former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen presented to the grand jury...

Intel Vets Name Pvt. Manning Winner of Sam Adams Award

Jack Kenny January 17, 2014

Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning, the U.S. Army private whose divulgence of classified materials to WikiLeaks in 2010 resulted in his 35-year prison sentence,...

FBI Investigation of IRS Scandal Called a “Sham”

Raven Clabough January 15, 2014

The Justice Department is facing criticism over what some are calling a “sham” of an investigation into the IRS scandal involving the IRS’...

More DHS-funded Police Surveillance Cameras; No Drop in Crime

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 11, 2014

Although police are taking millions from the Department of Homeland Security, there is no corresponding reduction in crime. ...

New Detroit Police Chief Favors Gun Ownership, Announces Declines in Crime

Bob Adelmann January 6, 2014

At last, a "street-level" cop with good sense shows up in Detroit, where crime statistics are dropping, right on cue. ...

Fast and Furious: FBI Now Linked to Murder of U.S. Border Agent

Alex Newman December 30, 2013

In the latest explosive twist to the Obama administration’s deadly “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal, one of the key whistleblowers has now identified...

Debtors’ Prisons — Again

Bob Adelmann December 30, 2013

Debtors' prisons in the United States have been present for years. It's just that few know about them, except the victims. ...

Swiss Banks Are Now Agents for the IRS

Bob Adelmann December 26, 2013

First the Swiss and then the world. Soon every bank in the world will be a de facto IRS agent seeking to punish...

Colorado School Shooting Fails to Generate Media Buzz

Bob Adelmann December 18, 2013

Since the shooting attack at Colorado's Arapahoe High School last Friday didn't fit the media's narrative, the story rapidly disappeared from view. ...

EPA Official Sentenced for Fraud

Warren Mass December 18, 2013

John Beale, a former EPA senior policy advisor who pled guilty on September 27 to stealing nearly $900,000 from the agency over 13...

Newtown School-shooting Anniversary Marked by Anti-gun Protests

Bob Adelmann December 14, 2013

Bells ringing over the weekend in memory of Newtown will likely fail to galvanize much anti-gun fervor, at least for the moment. ...

ATF Resorts to Dubious Tactics to Secure Arrests

Raven Clabough December 9, 2013

An exposé by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the ATF engaged in rogue tactics to go after guns on the street, including...

Fast and Furious Whistleblower Destroys “Botched Investigation” Lie

Alex Newman December 5, 2013

Despite the Obama administration’s fiendish efforts to censor the truth, Special Agent John Dodson, one of the key ATF whistleblowers who exposed the...