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A Maryland man has been arrested and charged with trying to provide support to Islamic State militants. Thirty-year-old Mohamed Elshinawy of Edgewood was arrested Friday after a months-long investigation. An FBI affidavit says Elshinawy, who was to appear in court ...
Read More »AP sues over access to FBI records involving fake news story
The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday over the FBI’s failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect’s computer. AP joined with the ...
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Read More »US wonders: Why stolen data on federal workers not for sale?
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is increasingly confident that China’s government, not criminal hackers, was responsible for the extraordinary theft of personal information about as many as 14 million current and former federal employees and others, The Associated Press has ...
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Read More »FBI has flown surveillance aircraft over Baltimore
WASHINGTON — The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology — all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated ...
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Read More »Ex-FBI agent charged with 64 counts in drug tampering case
A former FBI agent was charged Friday with 34 counts stemming from allegations that he tampered with substantial amounts of drug evidence, kept heroin seized during investigations in his car, and periodically took the drug.
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Read More »FBI director: US at crossroads on race relations, policing
The United States is at a crossroads on matters of race relations and law enforcement, presenting "hard truths" that its citizens and police must confront, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.
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Read More »U.S. citizen settles lawsuit over post-9/11 arrest with FBI
A U.S. citizen who said he was wrongly arrested when the government rounded up Muslim men after the 9/11 terrorist attacks has settled his lawsuit against the FBI.
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Read More »Maryland, Virginia competing for FBI headquarters
The battle between Fairfax and Prince George's counties over which will build a new FBI headquarters is being fought inch by inch through the long, tedious process of vetting sites and proposals.
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Read More »Drug evidence allegedly different when returned to FBI
An FBI agent accused of evidence tampering repeatedly checked heroin out of an evidence room, returned it at different weights and failed to turn in two guns and marijuana seized in Maryland.
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Read More »FBI director warns against cellphone encryption
FBI Director James Comey gave a stark warning Thursday against smartphone data encryption, saying homicide cases could be stalled, suspects could go free and "justice may be denied because of a locked phone or an encrypted hard drive."
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