Federal Prison Staff Evade Security Searches, Slip Contraband into Facilities

In the latest of several troubling security lapses to rock the nation’s federal prison system, jail staff often enter facilities without being searched, contributing to a pandemic of contraband smuggled to inmates. Security video examined by investigators from the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (DOJ OIG) shows staff at a high-security facility entering during the night and walking around metal detectors without being screened. The breach is one of a multitude identified recently by the watchdog, which warns the DOJ of “urgent security concerns” in its famously inefficient security system at Bureau of Prisons (BOP) locations nationwide.

Judicial Watch Seeks Texas Supreme Court Review of Lawsuit for Information on Qatari Government’s Funding of Texas A&M, a Public University

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Zachor Legal Institute is a U.S.-based advocacy group dedicated to combatting the spread of anti-Semitism. Zachor made two requests under the Texas Public Information Act for information about the funding or donations made to Texas A&M by the government of Qatar and agencies and subdivisions of the government of Qatar. Qatar controversially has aligned itself with Islamic terrorists and extremists, which has placed it at odds with the United States, Israel and other U.S. allies in the Middle East.

Judicial Watch Sues Defense Department for Records about Plans to Monitor the Social Media Accounts of Military Members

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“No one is being fooled – the Biden Pentagon is abusing its authority to spy on the social media posts of troops who espouse conservative views,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “That the Pentagon is hiding documents about this Big Brother program in violation of law is doubly concerning.”

The Fetal Organ “Chop Shop” Exposed

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Judicial Watch is representing the Center for Medical Progress in a FOIA request battle for information on a federally-funded human organ harvesting project at the University of Pittsburgh. The 252 pages of documents received thus far reveal shocking details of the university’s quest to become a “tissue hub” for human organ harvesting. As Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton noted in the Weekly Update, the documents show that “the NIH … gave nearly three million dollars to the University of Pittsburgh’s quest to be a tissue hub for human fetal tissue ranging from 6 to 42 weeks gestation.” “By the way,” Fitton added, “42 weeks is typically two weeks past a normal pregnancy.”