FBI Agent: My Work Has Never Been Tainted by Political Bias

ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK / The Associated Press Jul 12, 2018 Peter Strzok, whose anti-Trump text messages fueled suspicions of partisan bias, tells lawmakers that the intense scrutiny he is facing represents “just another victory notch in Putin’s belt.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Does Comey’s Dismissal Signal a Constitutional Crisis in America?

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2017 Truthdig sat down with former judge and Truthdig columnist Bill Blum to discuss Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey and the potential for an independent investigation into the 2016 election. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jill Stein: ‘There Should Have Been a Full Investigation’ of Clinton’s Email Server (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2016 In a recent interview, the Green Party presidential nominee discusses the FBI’s scrutiny and calls for a new congressional investigation of the former secretary of state. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

FBI Declares ‘No Charges Are Appropriate’ in Hillary Clinton Email Investigation

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2016 FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that although Clinton and her team were “extremely careless” in their use of a personal email server, his agency recommends that no criminal charges be brought against her. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Redacted FBI Documents Show Plot to Kill Occupy Leaders If ‘Deemed Necessary’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 30, 2013 "Did the FBI ignore, or even abet, a plot to assassinate Occupy Houston leaders?" asks journalist Dave Lindorff at WhoWhatWhy. "What did the Feds know? Whom did they warn? And what did the Houston Police know?" Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Congressional Push for Secrecy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2012 The U.S. Congress -- one of the branches intended by America’s founders to balance the president’s power -- is showing just as much and in some cases more interest in preserving a growing culture of secrecy as its executive counterpart, says Steven Aftergood, secrecy researcher at the Federation of American Scientists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Privacy by Design

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 Nicholas Merrill is tired of waiting for Congress to protect Americans' privacy online So he plans to force the matter by changing the way telecommunication companies do business So he plans to change the way telecommunication companies do business. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

FBI: Inventing the Terrorist Boogeyman

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2012 Protesters coaxed by federal agents into plotting terrorist attacks are imprisoned without bond while known terrorists are allowed to walk free the day of their arrest. The difference? Political ideology: The entrapped “criminals” are associates of the Occupy movement, while the actual terrorists are merely well-established violent white supremacists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

FBI Launches ‘Parallel Investigation’ Into Trayvon Martin Case

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2012 The Federal Bureau of Investigation is officially involved in the Trayvon Martin case, conducting its own inquiry into the Feb. 26 killing of the teenager in Sanford, Fla., to determine, for one, whether shooter George Zimmerman zeroed in on Martin for any racially motivated reasons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘J. Edgar’: Hoover’s Hubris Writ Large

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Nov 9, 2011 This is a brave film. There was a time when J. Edgar Hoover was among the most prominent Americans and there was no way to make a reasonably honest movie about him. Now there is a tendency to ask, J. Edgar Who?Even by Clint Eastwood's austere standards, "J. Edgar" is a very plain movie. And all the more powerful being so. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )