Tag: FBI

Undercover FBI Agent Infiltrated Militia Group That Surveilled Capitol: Filing

An accused U.S. Capitol protester spoke with an undercover Washington police officer on Jan. 6 who later connected the man to an undercover FBI worker, according to a new court filing. Fi Duong is facing charges for allegedly entering the Capitol during a joint session of Congress in January, for disrupting the session, and for…


Judicial Watch Sues to Obtain FBI Communications With Banks Over Jan. 6 Protesters

Judicial Watch is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for records of communications between the FBI and major banks that gave officials data on financial transactions on Jan. 5 and 6 by suspects linked to the Jan. 6 incursion on Capitol Hill. The Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog filed its suit after the FBI failed to…


FBI Informants More Likely Than Agents at Jan 6, Former Undercover Agent Says

Recent inquiries about whether FBI operatives were mixed in among the protesters and intruders who broke into the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 will more likely uncover the presence of FBI informants rather than undercover agents, according to Marc Ruskin, a 27-year FBI veteran and former undercover agent who is also an Epoch Times…


Judge Blocks FBI From Seizing Contents of Private Vaults in Beverly Hills Raid

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the FBI, blocking the agency from using civil asset forfeiture procedures to seize the property of four customers of a Beverly Hills safe deposit box company that the FBI raided in connection with a criminal probe. In the June 22 restraining order (pdf), U.S. District…


Affidavits Raise More Questions About FBI’s Role in Trump Probe

tCommentary Affidavits filed in a federal court Monday raise crucial questions about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s role in the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign’s efforts to vilify her opponent Donald Trump as a Russian agent. The FBI obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to spy on the Trump team based on a dossier…


Live Q&A: Records Will Reveal How FBI Illegally Spied On Americans; Face Masks Found Contaminated With Pathogens

The National Security Agency will release records that allegedly detail how the FBI improperly spied on thousands of Americans. And in other news, a laboratory at the University of Florida recently tested several face masks, and found they were contaminated with 11 dangerous pathogens. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp we’ll discuss…


NSA Agrees to Release Records on FBI’s Improper Spying on 16,000 Americans

The National Security Agency (NSA) has agreed to release records on the FBI’s improper spying on thousands of Americans, the secretive agency disclosed in a recent letter. The agreement may signal a rift between the NSA and the FBI, according to attorney Ty Clevenger. Clevenger last year filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request…


Hit by a Ransomware Attack? Your Payment May Be Deductible

WASHINGTON — As ransomware attacks surge, the FBI is doubling down on its guidance to affected businesses: Don’t pay the cybercriminals. But the U.S. government also offers a little-noticed incentive for those who do pay: The ransoms may be tax deductible. The IRS offers no formal guidance on ransomware payments, but multiple tax experts interviewed…


‘Still a Lot of Interest’: Smith & Wesson CEO Says Ammo Shortage Not Likely to End Soon

The CEO of one of the largest U.S. gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson, said that the current ammunition shortage is showing no signs of improving amid reports of Americans continuing to purchase record amounts of firearms. Over the past year or so, according to FBI data, gun sales in the United States have skyrocketed amid…


Smith & Wesson CEO Says Ammo Shortage Won’t End Soon: ‘Still a Lot of Interest’

The CEO of one of the largest U.S. gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson, said that the current ammunition shortage is showing no signs of improving amid reports of Americans continuing to purchase record amounts of firearms. Over the past year or so, according to FBI data, gun sales in the United States have skyrocketed amid…