Tag: FBI

Leak of Project Veritas Files to New York Times Should Trigger Probe: Former Prosecutor

The Department of Justice’s inspector general should investigate how The New York Times came into possession of files from Project Veritas shortly after the FBI raided the journalist outfit, a former federal prosecutor says. FBI agents recently raided homes linked to Project Veritas, including the home of its founder, James O’Keefe. The NY Times messaged…


FBI Says Hackers Got No Data After Compromising Email Server

The FBI said Sunday that hackers did not access any data or personal information on its network, a day after they compromised an agency server to send out thousands of fake emails. The agency said it has fixed the software vulnerability that allowed the attack. The fake emails originated from an FBI-operated server, which was…


Hackers Compromise FBI Email System, Spams at Least 100,000 Recipients

Hackers compromised an external email system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Spamhaus Project, a watchdog group tracking spam and similar cyber threats, announced Saturday. “We have been made aware of “scary” emails sent in the last few hours that purport to come from the FBI/DHS [Department of Homeland Security],” announced the group on Twitter….


Hackers Compromise FBI Email System, Spam at Least 100,000 Recipients

Hackers have compromised an external email system of the FBI, a watchdog group that tracks spam and similar cyber threats announced on Nov. 13. “We have been made aware of ‘scary’ emails sent in the last few hours that purport to come from the FBI/DHS [Department of Homeland Security],” the group, Spamhaus Project, wrote on Twitter….


From Nixon to Biden, U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism Policy Plagued by Politics: Historians

The Biden administration’s assessment that domestic violent extremism is one of the greatest threats facing the United States isn’t the first time the federal government has made such a declaration. Some 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon made a similar statement, deeming “revolutionary terrorism” as the gravest threat facing the homeland. Counterterrorism historians discussed the…


From Nixon to Biden, US Domestic Counterterrorism Policy Plagued by Politics: Historians

The Biden administration’s assessment that domestic violent extremism is one of the greatest threats facing the United States isn’t the first time the federal government has made such a declaration. Some 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon made a similar statement, deeming “revolutionary terrorism” as the gravest threat facing the homeland. Counterterrorism historians discussed the…


History Will Grind Out the Truth

Commentary “History will figure that out on its own.” That is what Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) recently replied to Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In a heated congressional exchange, Fauci derided the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic was due to the leak of a dangerous virus, engineered…


Project Veritas Founder: FBI Agents Threw Him Against Wall, Handcuffed Him During Raid

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe responded to a weekend FBI search of his apartment during an interview on Monday, saying agents handcuffed him and threw him against a wall. In his first public remarks about the matter, O’Keefe confirmed the FBI raid at his Westchester County, New York, home after neighbors told media outlets over…


Project Veritas Founder: FBI Agents Handcuffed Me, Threw Me Against Wall During Raid

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe responded to a weekend FBI search of his apartment during an interview on Monday, saying agents handcuffed him and threw him against a wall. In his first public remarks about the matter, O’Keefe confirmed the FBI raid at his Westchester County, New York, home after neighbors told media outlets over…


Supreme Court Considers State-Secrets Privilege in Muslims’ Surveillance Lawsuit Against FBI

An appeals court was wrong to allow a lawsuit to proceed against the FBI based on a claim that it discriminated against Muslims by targeting them in a counterterrorism investigation, the Biden administration told the Supreme Court Nov. 8. The case is FBI v. Fazaga, court file 20-828. Former Imam Yassir Fazaga and two other…