By Coleen Rowley / ConsortiumnewsJun 7, 2017
The special "Russiagate" prosecutor (left) and the fired FBI director have long histories as pliable political operatives.
The special "Russiagate" prosecutor (left) and the fired FBI director have long histories as pliable political operatives. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMay 31, 2017
With scoops based on leaks and unnamed sources, news consumers should view all reports on the investigation with skepticism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMay 30, 2017
Even the best defense attorneys may not be able to save the president from himself. (Marc Kasowitz, Donald Trump's longtime attorney, is pictured.) Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
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John Kiriakou / TruthdigJun 14, 2016
The FBI’s ongoing, long-term incompetence has led to the deaths of far too many Americans. San Bernardino and Orlando are only the beginning. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 19, 2013
Speaking at a Senate hearing Wednesday about telephone data collection, FBI Director Robert Mueller said the bureau uses drones to aid its investigations in a "very, very minimal way, very seldom." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 17, 2013
According to The Washington Post, some of the top officials who served during the George W. Bush administration, including the man whom President Obama may tap to become the next head of the FBI, threatened to resign nine years ago upon learning that then-President Bush had ordered the NSA to begin collecting metadata on emails and Skype calls placed within the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 8, 2013
The Obama administration is on the verge of backing an FBI plan that would require websites that receive a wiretap order to comply by building surveillance capabilities into their communication services, officials say. Fines for those targeted companies that fail to add such functions would start at $25,000 a day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 15, 2011
The House passed the controversial National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday night, scarcely hours after President Obama caved to pressure from various factions in Congress and withdrew his veto threat. Let's consider some of the scary tactics that would be permitted if the measure is signed into law. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 12, 2011
He's been in charge since just before the 9/11 attacks, and if President Obama gets his way, FBI Director Robert Mueller will stay at his post for another two years -- an unusual move aimed at keeping some aspects of Obama's intelligence and security strategy consistent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 19, 2009
The nation's top court decided on Monday that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI honcho Robert Mueller aren't directly accountable for the abuses that Pakistani detainee Javaid Iqbal, a Muslim, says he endured as a result of his race and religion in a New York prison in 2002. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 17, 2007
Corroborating an account by former Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III detailed the dramatic events that occurred in then-Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital room in March 2004 when his successor, Alberto Gonzales, attempted to persuade a convalescing Ashcroft to sign off on a domestic wiretapping program he opposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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