FBI Took Months to Tell the DNC About the Russians

We all have secrets—don’t tell my mom I smoke weed!—but sometimes it’s important to share no matter what. According to a report from Reuters, however, it appears that even though the FBI suspected the Russian government was behind the attacks last fall, it took months for agents to let the DNC know.
Clinton Campaign Apparently Also Hacked by Russians
In an attack that apparently came from a Russian intelligence agency—and that may or may not be related to similar recent cyber attacks on other Democratic party organizations—computer systems tied to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign have been hacked, New York Times and Reuters reported on Friday.
FBI "Ends" Search For D.B. Cooper After 45 Years (Wink-Wink)
On Tuesday, the FBI announced that they have stopped actively investigating the case of D.B. Cooper, the unidentified sky pirate who jumped out of a hijacked passenger jet with $200,000 in 1971. So, hey, if you’ve been waiting to make a Facebook page, now’s the time, D.B., my dude!
FBI Director Will Not Recommend Criminal Charges Against Hillary Clinton Over Private Email Server
At a press conference held on Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C., FBI Director James Comey told reporters that his agency will not recommend an criminal indictment against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server to conduct official, and in many cases classified, correspondence during her tenure as…
FBI Grills Hillary Clinton About Emails
The FBI interviewed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for three-and-a-half hours on Saturday morning as part of its investigation into whether her use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State broke the law. The interview was conducted at FBI Headquarters in Washington…
Thousands of Local Law Enforcement Agencies Have Failed to File Hate Crime Reports to the FBI for the Past Six Years
There are an estimated 250,000 hate crimes a year, but you wouldn’t know it to look at city statistics. According to an Associated Press investigation, about 17 percent of all city and county law enforcement agencies across the country have not submitted a single hate crime report to the FBI’s annual crime tally in…
FBI Director Rebrands "Ferguson Effect" as "Viral Video Effect," Still Lacks Statistical Evidence That It's Real
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, FBI director James Comey, lacking any evidence beyond the anecdotal, said that he believed a “viral video effect...could well be at the heart” of a spike in violent crimes in more than 40 cities during the first quarter of 2016.
Why Was an al Qaeda Member Captured Just After 9/11 Carrying an Envelope from the Saudi Government?
Fifteen years after 9/11, the American public still doesn’t know if elements in the government of Saudi Arabia, an American strategic ally and client state, aided the hijackers. But according to once-secret U.S. government notes declassified last year, one of the conspirators, arrested in Pakistan in 2002, was found…
Washington Post Corrects Number of FBI Agents Investigating Hillary Clinton's Emails
An initial version of Robert O’Harrow Jr.’s extensive history of Hillary Clinton’s email problems, for the Washington Post, stated that at least 147 FBI agents had been assigned to investigate the former secretary of state’s emails. In fact, there are only (“only”) a few dozen.
Report: At Least 147 FBI Agents Are Investigating Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Practices [Updated]
Since last summer, when U.S. authorities confirmed the presence of classified information in emails sent or received by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton using her private email server, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has tried to determine whether Clinton or any of her subordinates mishandled that…
Justice Wants Apple to Unlock at Least Twelve Other iPhones
The Justice Department is seeking court orders that would force Apple to help it bypass the security features on at least twelve other iPhones not connected to terrorism cases, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Come out with your hands up!” Stream Captures What Could Be Final FBI Standoff with Militia
The four remaining militants at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge are currently engaged in a direct confrontation with the FBI agents that have surrounded the federal compound since one of the gunmen was killed two weeks ago. They’re broadcasting live, right now.
FBI Arrests Nearly Every Single Top Official For Running Insanely Corrupt Tiny Texas Town
In the remote town of Crystal City, Texas, the mayor, city manager, mayor pro tempore, a city councilman, and a former councilman were all arrested by federal agents last week. Last month, another councilman was arrested. Crystal City has only three people total on its city council, and the lone remaining councilman…
FBI Releases Aerial Video of Oregon Militant LaVoy Finicum's Shooting Death
On Thursday, the FBI released aerial footage of LaVoy Finicum’s shooting death on Tuesday. An airplane was following the joint FBI-Oregon State Police operation, during which Ammon Bundy and others were peacefully taken into custody.
Family of Rogue CIA Contractor Thought to Be Held by Iran Feels "Betrayed" By Obama Administration
The family of Robert Levinson, who disappeared from Iran’s Kish Island, in 2007, while working for rogue CIA analysts, learned of the recent prisoner exchange just like everybody else—from the news.
