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Agents say mass firings could dangerously weaken FBI in three ways
Abject fear among agents that they could lose their jobs has distracted and destabilized the FBI workforce, current and former federal law enforcement officials say.NBC News - 1d -
DOJ says FBI agents on Jan. 6 cases won't be fired if they acted 'in an ethical manner'
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it would not target FBI employees who “simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner” as it reviews the role of all agents involved ...The Hill - 1d -
FBI agents file suit to keep DOJ from compiling list of those who investigated Jan. 6
A group of FBI agents who helped investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has filed suit to block the DOJ from assembling lists of agents for potential disciplinary action.ABC News - 1d -
FBI agents claim in federal lawsuits their rights have been violated regarding Jan. 6 scrutiny
The FBI met the deadline to send the names of the agents who helped to investigate the Jan. 6 attack. The list has details on more than 5,000 employees and agents who were part of the probe. In a ...CBS News - 1d -
FBI agents warn of national security threat from Jan. 6 scrutiny
A group of FBI agents sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over scrutiny of those involved in Jan. 6 probes. FBI supervisors have handed over the names of 5,000 employees who worked on Jan. 6 ...CBS News - 2d -
FBI agents sue Trump administration to block naming of investigators
Lawsuits allege justice department engaged in illegal retaliation against staff who probed US Capitol attackFinancial Times - 2d -
FBI discloses 5,000 agents to DOJ as agents sue government over Jan. 6 scrutiny
FBI agents who worked on the Jan. 6 probe are suing the government over plans to review the FBI workforce and agents who may have worked on the investigations.CBS News - 2d -
FBI agents sue Trump DoJ over effort to target January 6 investigation workers
Agents say bid to compile list of employees who worked on US Capitol attack cases could be precursor to mass firings. US politics – latest updates Two groups of unnamed FBI agents sued the ...The Guardian - 2d -
FBI agents sue over DOJ probe on January 6 investigations
FBI agents have sued the Justice Department over a questionnaire seeking to identify those who worked on January 6, 2021, Capitol riot investigations. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.CBS News - 2d -
FBI agents file lawsuits alleging Justice Department 'retribution' over their work on Jan. 6 cases
Nine unnamed FBI agents who participated in Jan. 6 investigations have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Justice.NBC News - 2d -
Agents sue FBI, DOJ amid fears of retaliation over work on Jan. 6 cases
The FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are being sued by nine current agents who say their review of those who worked on the cases of some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants is a preparation to retaliate ...The Hill - 2d -
McCabe: FBI in ‘utter disarray’
Andrew McCabe, the former acting director of the FBI, said the agency is in “utter disarray” amid an apparent purge of law enforcement agents, officials and other employees who worked on probes ...The Hill - 2d -
FBI agents fill out questionnaire probing Jan. 6 investigations
FBI agents were ordered to fill out a questionnaire by Monday detailing the work they conducted into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, including whether they made any arrests or executed any ...CBS News - 2d -
Names of FBI agents who investigated Capitol riots to be handed over to Trump DOJ officials
FBI executives decided they must turn over the names of agents who investigated the Jan. 6 cases to Trump DOJ officials, current and former officials saidNBC News - 3d -
FBI agents facing scrutiny for Jan. 6 probe
Sources tell CBS News that FBI supervisors have received questionnaires regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, investigation to give to employees. The questions examine agents' roles in prosecuting the ...CBS News - 3d -
FBI agents questioned over role in Jan. 6 investigation
FBI agents across the country have received questionnaires asking about the agents' possible work on Jan 6. Capitol riot cases. Scott MacFarlane has more.CBS News - 3d -
FBI supervisors receive questionnaires for agents in Jan. 6 investigations, sources say
CBS News' Scott MacFarlane says as many as 5,000 FBI agents are being subject to scrutiny on their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot investigation.CBS News - 3d -
White House questioning FBI agents on Jan. 6 probe involvement, sources say
FBI agents across the nation may receive a questionnaire about their potential work on Jan 6. Capitol riot cases, sources tell CBS News. Scott MacFarlane reports.CBS News - 3d -
FBI in ‘battle’ with Trump amid purge of officials, top agent warns staff
James E Dennehy vows to ‘dig in’ as president targets bureau officials over January 6 investigations. US politics live – latest updates The assistant director at the FBI ’s New York field ...The Guardian - 3d -
FBI agents asked to answer survey on Jan. 6 case involvement
The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) sent a message to its members on Sunday about the survey asking agents about their work related to investigating Jan. 6 cases.ABC News - 4d -
Agents 'have started to pack up their desks' as fear of FBI mass firings swirls
The acting FBI director and an FBI agents group defended bureau staffers and continued to push back on the Trump administration's recent firings of senior FBI officials.NBC News - 4d -
FBI survey probes agents' work on Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases, sources say
The questionnaires are to be completed and submitted by supervisors by Tuesday afternoon.CBS News - 4d -
FBI purges top officials, agents who worked on Trump's criminal cases
The Trump administration forced out a number of FBI officials Friday, removing agents who worked on the criminal cases into President Trump as well as the heads of various field offices. A source ...The Hill - 6d -
Democrats disseminate information: It’s time to unleash propaganda
Democrats need to speak in a language that their audience understands, as marketing and propaganda are now America's lingua franca, and the media will report what political actors say, even if it ...The Hill - 6d -
The conservative ex-FBI agents who have Kash Patel's ear
When Donald Trump announced he wanted Kash Patel to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, one of Patel’s first moves was reaching out to three conservative former special ...NBC News - Jan. 30 -
Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a ...ABC News - Jan. 25 -
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FBI arrests a Washington state woman in fatal shooting of Vermont Border Patrol agent
The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in VermontABC News - Jan. 24 -
Susan Collins: 'Troubling' that Hegseth FBI report omitted key information
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told reporters Wednesday that she was concerned that the FBI’s background investigation report about secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth is said to have omitted ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Government website offering reproductive health information goes offline
The site was launched in 2022 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a public awareness campaign.CBS News - Jan. 20 -
Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man who killed FBI agents
President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday.ABC News - Jan. 20 -
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out. Wow! That escalated quickly. Last time I filed my supposedly funny column, ...The Guardian - Jan. 19 -
Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
A breach of AT&T that exposed “nearly all” of the company’s customers may have included records related to confidential FBI sources, potentially explaining the bureau’s new embrace of end-to-end ...Wired - Jan. 17 -
Durbin seeks information from Patel personnel files at national security agencies
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked a suite of agencies that previously employed Kash Patel to turn over information on possible misconduct of ...The Hill - Jan. 16 -
Mel Gibson: 'Crazy' that firefighters not informed of water issue
Mel Gibson asks a first responder if his team had been informed that "the reservoir was empty."The Hill - Jan. 16 -
Wray defends Mar-a-Lago search: 'Part of the FBI’s job is to safeguard classified information'
Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray said Sunday the bureau had a duty to retrieve the documents stored in President-elect Trump’s Florida home, when it conducted a search of the premises in ...The Hill - Jan. 13 -
Former FBI informant who fabricated Biden claims sentenced to prison
The former FBI informant who fabricated claims about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepting bribes was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison, according to court documents. ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Bidens gets 6 years in prison
Alexander Smirnov had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about a phony bribery scheme that prosecutors say was an effort to influence the 2020 election.NBC News - Jan. 9
