All posts tagged "FBI"

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  Trump could pick new FBI director by next week

  Four candidates are in line today to be interviewed by Jeff Sessions

  • Posted May 13, 2017
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  GOP leaders dismiss Comey firing as fleeting political drama

  Republicans defended the president's actions

  • Posted May 12, 2017
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  Trump abruptly axes FBI’s Comey in midst of Russia probe

  Says it will 'mark a new beginning' for the agency

  • Posted May 9, 2017
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  Trump says Dems ‘made up’ allegations of Russia interference

  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of making up allegations that Russia interfered in last year’s election, and said Congress and the FBI should be going after media leaks instead. His tweets came just...

  • Posted March 20, 2017
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  Officials: Trump adviser asked FBI to dispute Russia reports

  WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Reince Priebus asked top FBI officials to dispute media reports that Donald Trump’s campaign advisers were frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents during the election, according to three White...

  • Posted February 24, 2017
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  Trump blames FBI for failing to stop media leaks

  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is blaming the FBI for failing to stop leaks to the media, saying the information being reported is classified and could have a “devastating effect” on the country. Trump made the remarks...

  • Posted February 24, 2017
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  FBI assessing threat against Muslims made during meeting

  KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — The FBI says it’s looking into reports of death threats made against Muslims during a meeting of conservative activists in North Carolina. Local news outlets report Monday the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked federal...

  • Posted February 21, 2017
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  FBI: Hacking Tool Info Could be of Use to ‘Hostile Entities’

  The Obama administration had imposed a "foreseeable harm" standard for withholding records under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Posted January 31, 2017
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  Watchdog Probe to Bring New Scrutiny for FBI’s Comey

  WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey, already under fierce public scrutiny for his handling of the election-year probe of Hillary Clinton, faces a new internal investigation into whether he and the Justice Department followed established protocol in...

  • Posted January 13, 2017
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  FBI deletes details about hacking effort in document release

  Media organizations sued in Sept. to learn how much the FBI paid and who it hired to break into the phone of Syed Rizwan Farook

  • Posted January 7, 2017