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Mandy Nagy

Mandy Nagy (aka "Liberty Chick") was an investigative writer and researcher. She primarily covered the institutional left, protest movements, hacking and cybercrime, and technology. After suffering a serious stroke in September 2014, Mandy no longer was able to work at Legal Insurrection, but she's always on our minds and in our hearts. For more information, see here.

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 22, 2013 16 Comments
The FBI said early Wednesday that it was reviewing a fatal shooting incident in Orlando, Florida in which an individual being questioned by law enforcement in connection with the Boston bombings and an unsolved 2011 triple homicide had engaged in a “violent confrontation” with law enforcement personnel. Just prior to being killed, the man, identified as Ibragim Todashev, reportedly confessed to involvement in the 2011 slayings of three men in Waltham, Massachusetts, one of whom had been a friend of deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.  CBS News is reporting that Todashev also implicated Tamerlan Tsarnaev in those slayings. It all began Wednesday morning with the following press release from the FBI:
The FBI is currently reviewing a shooting incident involving an FBI special agent. Based on preliminary information, the incident occurred in Orlando, Florida during the early morning hours of May 22, 2013. The agent, two Massachusetts State Police troopers, and other law enforcement personnel were interviewing an individual in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation when a violent confrontation was initiated by the individual. During the confrontation, the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries. As this incident is under review, we have no further details at this time.
As more details emerged throughout the day, it was revealed that Todashev was a Chechen who resided in Boston at the time of the 2011 killings.  He was said to have been an acquaintance of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and of the victims of the 2011 killings. From CBS News:

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 22, 2013 15 Comments
Former representative Anthony Weiner, who resigned in disgrace in 2011 after lying about sending illicit sexting messages to a number of women, has formally announced his candidacy for Mayor of New York. Weiner did so by way of a video that was posted in the early hours of the morning. "Look, I made some big mistakes," he says in the video. "And I know I let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons. I'm running for mayor because I've been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it my entire life. And I hope I get a second chance to work for you." The NY Post reports that the video was actually supposed to be released later in the day.
The video — which came out just a few days short of the second anniversary of the day Weiner tweeted a sext of his bulging undies — ends with a logo: “Anthony Weiner for Mayor.” Sources told The Post that the oddly timed video was legitimate, but that campaign staffers intended for the announcement to come out later today. The video was posted on a campaign Web site and was then taken down, and then put back up. It also could be seen on YouTube.
But not everyone believes Weiner deserves a second chance.

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 21, 2013 13 Comments

As we now know, the DOJ targeted James Rosen when it pursued a search warrant in connection with an alleged leak from State Department adviser, Stephen Kim.  The long and short of it is, Kim told Rosen things, and as a reporter, Rosen printed them. Speaking...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 18, 2013 7 Comments

Democratic Congressman Ed Markey apparently is hoping that being super-liberal in Massachusetts is enough to defeat Republican Gabriel Gomez in the Special Election ...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 16, 2013 4 Comments

A British court handed down jail time Thursday to four hackers that were part of a notorious splinter group of the Anonymous hacker collective known as LulzSec. Ryan Cleary, 21, aka “ViraL,” received 32 months.  Cleary will also receive a separate sentence in connection with a...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 15, 2013 34 Comments

In a press conference just moments ago, President Obama announced: "Today, Treasury Secretary Lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS [Steven Miller]." Let's wait and see if other resignations will follow. WAJ adds  7 p.m.-- I'm on one...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 12, 2013 33 Comments

The weekend’s media coverage on Benghazi brought in some notable quotes and points of interest: Petraeus: talking points "essentially useless" When the Benghazi talking points were being reviewed and revised by other agencies after the September 2012 attack, former CIA Director David Petraeus indicated that the revised...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 07, 2013 6 Comments

Breaking reports indicate that internet communications out of Syria seem to have dropped off the map this afternoon. From Umbrella Security Labs: At around 18:45 UTC OpenDNS resolvers saw a significant drop in traffic from Syria. On closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the...

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