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Archives: FBI
Cherry-Picking Intel, Nunes and the Iraq War Disaster
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Here is a caution against the Nunes memo that the Republican Party intends to release: it is the sort of thing that got…
Congressional Efforts to Expand NSA Spying on Americans are still a Danger
By David Ruiz | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - The debate over how to reauthorize certain NSA surveillance authorities has seen a whirlwind of activity, culminating in the major news that…
Top 3 Bad Pieces of News for Trump in Flynn Plea Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump got three pieces of bad news on Friday, along with the one good piece of news that he managed to lower taxes…
“Secret” JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations
TeleSur | - - Nearly 3,000 documents previously kept secret are now in the process of being published online by the National Archive. As much as 88% of the collection has been…
Heavy Smoke from SF Russian Consulate Chimney as Moscow Fears Search by US
By Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL ) | - - WASHINGTON -- Russia's Foreign Ministry said that U.S. law enforcement officials intend to search its San Francisco consulate and some diplomatic residences,…
Federal Agencies Warned of White Supremacist Threat in May
By Julia Conley, staff writer. | Commondreams.org | - - A memo by the FBI and DHS said white supremacist groups pose a bigger threat to the U.S. than other extremist organizations.…
Top 10 Ways Americans judge Trump in the Comey Covfefe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On the eve of former FBI director James Comey's testimony, Trump seems to be tanking in the polls, and his firing Comey seems…
GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Globally, US security partners are beginning to rethink sharing sensitive intelligence with the United States. That decisio should worry all Americans, since it…
Dear Director Comey: We’re Nauseous too, at your Disingenuous Self-Defense
Sam Seder | (Majority Report) | (Video News Clip) | - - "In this Majority Report clip, we watch FBI Director James Comey defend his decision to send a letter to Congress…
It is Comey who should be Investigated
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that his agency has since last summer been investigating the circle of Donald J. Trump for their…
Did White House interfere with FBI Probe of Russia Ties?
By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Brazen attempt at political interference provokes comparisons to Watergate White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus attempted to interfere with…
Comey should be fired if it’s the last thing Obama Does
By William W. Keller | (Informed Comment) | - - James Comey is keeping a low profile these days. Not even a peep. Not even after the FBI, CIA, and NSA finally…
The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - For decades, Washington had a habit of using the Central Intelligence Agency to deep-six governments of the people, by the people, and for…
Top 5 Times the FBI intervened to Help the US Right Wing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - What is unusual about the FBI's intervention in the 2016 election is not the intervention. The FBI tries to shape US politics every…
FBI Faction Hostile to Clinton Possibly Behind Leaks
TeleSur | - - Current FBI agents have told outlets that there are elements within the agency leaking info in order to favor Donald Trump. FBI Director James Comey was driven in…
Dear Generation Z: So sorry for bequeathing to you terrorism hysteria and all those Wars
By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are rituals to such moments, and because dad-confessions…
Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter’s ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?
TeleSur | - - In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about his homosexuality. The U.S. Federal Bureau of…
The FBI’s outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple
By Andrew Crocker | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) | - - Last week, EFF filed a brief in support of Apple’s fight against the FBI, in which we argued that forcing…