FBI Details California-Based Terror Plot
The suspects all recorded talking about wanting to be terrorists, but not clear whether they actually contacted known terrorist groups
The suspects all recorded talking about wanting to be terrorists, but not clear whether they actually contacted known terrorist groups
Time to rein in invasive police email snooping.
The feds' confidential source in the case got paid $250,000 and got unspecified "immigration benefits"
Man says she claimed to be a high-level representative for the government
An FBI SWAT team stormed a family home in District Heights, Maryland, yesterday at 6 a.m.
Funny how it took days for that to finally come out
Would probably also like to stop being called "shirtless FBI agent."
No keen observer could believe the government's Pollyanna version of these events.
Not as gay, though that would be yet another twist, wouldn't it?
With regards to the David Petraeus scandal, as you dig through the very human details of a powerful man's dalliance with an attractive woman, an important question should occur to anybody with more than a National Enquirer-level interest in the matter.
Email spying doesn't appear to be tied to anything resembling an actual threat
The Wall Street Journal notes a possibly inappropriately close relationship between the woman whose complaints of harassing emails began the investigation that led to Petraeus' career-ending affair and the FBI agent doing the investigating.
Allegedly sent shirtless pictures to woman involved in case
Everything's a conspiracy theory when government's not transparent
FBI routinely gains access to private accounts
Did he inform the White House? Should he have informed the White House?
So retired Gen. David Petraeus has resigned as CIA director in the wake of revelations of an affair and crazy email behavior on his part and that of his lover.
House majority leader met with FBI officials about the scandal's potential national security implications
Probed for misusing campaign funds for such things as buying a Rolex watch
Another situation where feds were pretending to help him pull off plan
The feds say the letters rise to the level of voter intimidation
Focusing on trapping bumbling fools like Nafis draws antiterrorism resources away from potential real threats
Had been fighting to get records pertaining to Ronald Reagan's past as an FBI informant
Imagine trying to convince your boss this happened
What would he have done had FBI not helped him along?
Another terror plot made possible and foiled by the feds
Want to know why FBI considers their fans a gang
In the Philippines, for himself and the subject of a federal investigation
Happened in the Philippines during a weapons trafficking probe
Man in wheelchair allegedly threatened police with a pen
And we can trust them with that power, you bet
Son of a victim of Sikh shootings speaks at Senate hearing
Perpetrators don't know how to spell
Inoperable explosive vest was provided by undercover FBI agents
Is not supposed to be accessing the Internet as part of probation following bank fraud conviction
The dynamic entry has been televised ... well ... live-streamed
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