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Update: Fifteen embassies have received envelopes containing white powder, State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said in a press briefing this morning in Washington. The embassies are: Berlin;...
View ArticleFBI's Mark Felt, AKA Deep Throat, dead at 95
Mark Felt, the former associate director of the FBI who helped break the Watergate scandal, died yesterday at 95. Felt, who for decades hid his role in the scandal and was known only as Deep Throat,...
View ArticleFBI salaries = wasteful pork?
House Republicans yesterday unveiled a list of spending items in the stimulus bill that they called wasteful. One item in particular jumped out at me: “$75 million for salaries of employees at the...
View ArticleUpdated: AP reports federal CIO on leave
Update 2: The Associated Press is reporting that Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is on leave “until further details of the case become known” following the raid of his former office this morning. While the...
View ArticleFBI Tweets
Earlier this week I wrote about how FDA was using Twitter to tweet about product recalls. But that’s not the only agency that uses Twitter to share information in a crisis. The FBI tweets too. And isÂ...
View ArticlePaul Harvey + J. Edgar Hoover = BFF
And now, the rest of the story, courtesy of The Washington Post. The Post has obtained previously confidential FBI files showing a close friendship between the late broadcaster Paul Harvey and the late...
View ArticleShould the FBI building come down?
The folks over at WeLoveDC.com asked readers today to name a building they’d like to see erased from the DC skyline, and the results could spark a federal investigation. Most readers called for the J....
View ArticleStudent sues government over TSA, FBI actions
A Pennsylvania college student sued the federal government Wednesday, saying that TSA and FBI officials detained him at an airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards, reports...
View ArticleFBI closes file on anthrax mailings; says Ivins acted alone
The FBI today said it has formally closed its investigation into the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people — including U.S. Postal Service workers Joseph Curseen and Thomas Morris — and...
View ArticleFBI to get new Phoenix headquarters
FBI employees now scattered in four locations in the Phoenix area will move into a new 200,000-square-foot office building about two years from now. The General Services Administration announced...
View ArticleFBI threatens to sue Wikipedia for using seal. Really?
In what would be the stupidest potential lawsuit in almost a month, the FBI is threatening to sue Wikipedia for posting its official seal online. The FBI appears to be concerned that no-goodniks could...
View ArticleCollins: Cheating scandal casts shadow on FBI
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is keeping pressure on the FBI to reform in the wake of a cheating scandal. Collins sent FBI Director Bob Mueller a letter Oct. 7 that said he should immediately punish...
View ArticleSome FBI cyber agents lack adequate skills, report finds
A review of the FBI’s efforts to mitigate national security cyber incidents found that some field agents tasked with investigating these cases lack the technical skills and expertise to effectively do...
View ArticleFBI nabs $74 million cybercrime rings
Law enforcement agents across a dozen countries joined forces to bring down two international cyber crime rings suspected of causing $74 million in losses to more than 1 million victims, the FBI...
View ArticleFBI joins forces with Metallica to solve fan’s murder
In one of the least-likely team-ups imaginable, heavy metal band Metallica is working with the FBI to solve a murder. The FBI today launched a multimedia campaign — including a video PSA with Metallica...
View ArticleSILVER SCREEN FEDS: Stan Beeman, FBI, ‘The Americans’
Silver Screen Feds returns this week with an in-depth look at a major character from this year’s best new TV show: the Cold War spy drama “The Americans.” I’ve enjoyed watching the gifted, flawed FBI...
View ArticleContract executive convicted in snooping case
One morning in August 2011, the vice president of an information technology contractor for the federal government awoke, checked his BlackBerry and noticed something strange. Overnight, as court...
View ArticleComey nomination draws positive reaction from two FBI employee groups
President Obama’s choice of James Comey to head the FBI has been welcomed by two groups representing key elements of the bureau’s workforce. The FBI Agents Association had previously backed a former...
View ArticleHow hackers infiltrated federal agency
In addition to the standard two forms of identification, offer letter and contact information, new hires at the U.S. Department of Education are required to bring along a certificate of completion for...
View ArticleProsecutors worried that bill would derail undercover inquiries
Remember the 1997 movie, “Donnie Brasco,” based on the true-life tale of an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the mob? Now try to imagine the film if Donnie (played by Johnny Depp) had to give...
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