FCIR Associate Director Trevor Aaronson, author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism, talks about terrorism sting operations.

FCIR’s Trevor Aaronson was a guest May 23 on MSNBC’s “Jansing & Co.” for a segment about the war on terrorism.

Trevor Aaronson: This year’s farm bills in the U.S. House and Senate will cut back on many of the subsidies for the nation’s agriculture industry. But the price supports that benefit the domestic sugar industry won’t be affected, demonstrating just how powerful Big Sugar is on Capitol Hill.

Trevor Aaronson: The case of Jeffrey A. Lill, a U.S. Postal Service employee injured at a mail-sort facility in Orlando more than two years ago, is still unresolved.

Steve Miller: An FCIR analysis of state data shows that 25 companies awarded millions in Florida economic incentives receive millions more in state contractor payments.

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting took first place in three categories: public service in radio journalism, online investigative reporting and online business reporting.

Trevor Aaronson and John O’Connor: The for-profit online educator knew of teacher certification problems in Florida for years.

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting has been nominated for awards from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated and the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

In an editorial this week, the Washington Post cited Trevor Aaronson’s story about how the FBI in Boston launched an elaborate sting operation against a suspected terrorist with a far-fetched idea and no capability for terrorism just as it stopped tracking Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

John O’Connor and Trevor Aaronson: A state inquiry found that online educator K12 Inc. employed three teachers in Florida who lacked proper certification to teach some subjects.