Tag: FBI

Olympians Criticize FBI’s Handling of Larry Nassar Probe

Olympic gymnasts testifying before Congress in Washington on Wednesday criticized how FBI agents dealt with allegations against Larry Nassar, a Team USA doctor who was later convicted of sexually assaulting some of the girls he was tasked with treating. “Not only did the FBI not report my abuse but when they eventually documented my report…


FBI Fires Lead Agent in Whitmer Kidnapping Case

The FBI agent credited with foiling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s kidnapping plot no longer works for the agency after he was charged with allegedly smashing his wife’s head into a nightstand and choking her after a swingers’ sex party. The Detroit News first reported the firing of former Special Agent Richard Trask, 39, who took the…


FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document 20 Years After Attacks

The FBI over the weekend released the first previously declassified document about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack hijackers, responding to an order handed down by President Joe Biden days earlier. On Saturday night, a 16-page heavily redacted document (pdf) that was written in 2016 sheds light on the logistical support that was given to…


Pennsylvania Couple Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Support to ISIS

A married Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced to prison for conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the ISIS terrorist organization according to a release from Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Neither the release nor the U.S. Attorney’s office has disclosed where in Pennsylvania the coupled lived. Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila…


FBI Releases New Video Footage of Suspect Behind Pipe Bombs Planted on Eve of Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

The FBI on Wednesday released video footage showing a person authorities say planted pipe bombs at the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington the night before the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. The bureau also released a map detailing the route agents believe the person traveled while placing the…


Pittsburgh Doctor Accused of Performing Multiple Surgeries at Once

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), University of Pittsburgh Physicians, and Dr. James Luketich, are facing accusations of health care fraud under the False Claims Act in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania. The United States filed a complaint, based on a two-year investigation into allegations originally brought by a…


Unelected Intelligence Community Bureaucrats Are in Charge and They Don’t Really Bother to Hide It | Truth Over News

The role of the Intelligence Community in our nation’s affairs has a long history. But recently, their efforts have become sharply more prominent. The Intelligence Community strives to shape the news that we see and how it is presented—through both corporate and social media platforms. Their impact on the 2016 election was profound and at…


FBI: Texas Shooter May Have Been ‘Inspired’ by Terrorists

A man who murdered a Lyft driver in Texas before barging into a police department headquarters and opening fire may have drawn inspiration from terrorists outside the country, authorities said Monday. Imran Ali Rasheed was investigated by the FBI from 2010 to 2013 for potential terror ties. That probe was closed when investigators concluded Rasheed…


FBI Allegedly Funded White Supremacist Publisher: Court Documents

The FBI allegedly paid the publisher of white supremacist literature more than $144,000 over 16-plus years to serve as a confidential informant, according to recent filings in an ongoing domestic extremism case. These allegations were made earlier this month by Kaleb Cole, an accused member of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen. Cole was arrested in…


The Curious Case of Michael Flynn

Commentary They say that those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. That certainly seems to be the case these days with the rise in gas prices, inflation that the government has reluctantly admitted is likely to remain permanent, and the debacle in Afghanistan that is eerily similar to the fall…