Tag: Christopher Wray

When asked why the FBI hasn't handed over more information on the "Steele dossier," FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that it affects ongoing investigations including that led by special counsel Robert Mueller. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Why the FBI director walked a tightrope on the Steele dossier

Tom Rogan · December 7, 2017 6:20 pm

The FBI is composed of "hard-charging, high integrity people," Wray said. "The FBI that I see is appreciated and respected." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FBI director rejects Trump’s assessment of FBI ‘in tatters’

Kelly Cohen · December 7, 2017 4:12 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray said, "I have never been asked by the president to take any kind of loyalty oath. My loyalty is to the Constitution, to the laws of this country, and to the good men and people of America." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

FBI Director Christopher Wray: ‘I have never been asked’ to pledge loyalty to Trump

Kelly Cohen · December 7, 2017 3:55 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday morning on a wide range of issues. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FBI lacks ‘technical ability’ to crack most smartphone encryption

Pete Kasperowicz · December 7, 2017 5:01 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has accused the FBI and Department of Justice of a "months-long pattern of stonewalling and obstructing this committee's oversight work." (iStock)

GOP preps contempt resolution for top FBI, DOJ officials after missed Monday deadline

Susan Ferrechio · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a memo to staff thanking them for their hard work Monday, in the wake of a tweet from President Trump attacking the agency.

National Security

FBI Director Christopher Wray stands by staff after Trump attacks: ‘Keep calm and tackle hard’

Naomi Lim · December 5, 2017 3:51 am

Criminologists asks Justice Department, FBI to release more crime data

Kelly Cohen · November 30, 2017 7:45 pm

"We're not investigating Antifa as Antifa -- that's an ideology and we don't investigate ideologies," FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

FBI investigating people animated by ‘Antifa ideology’

Kelly Cohen, Joel Gehrke · November 30, 2017 7:12 pm

Law enforcement refers to such communications as "going dark," and has complained that the tech community's products outstrip the government's ability to gain access in criminal probes and intelligence activities.

Tech sector holds firm as DOJ insists on ‘strong encryption’

Charlie Mitchell · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip near Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says Las Vegas has ‘full support’ of DOJ and FBI

Kelly Cohen · October 2, 2017 3:01 pm

Terrorists are using drones for attacks in other countries, so it is only a matter of time before they are used in the U.S., FBI Director Christopher Wray said. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

National Security

FBI: Terrorists expected to use aerial drones ‘imminently’

Sean Higgins · September 27, 2017 9:08 pm

During a congressional hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray said, "I'm aware of ongoing discussions about the possibility of a domestic terrorism statute -- there is not a domestic terrorist crime as such." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

FBI Director Christopher Wray: Ongoing discussions about adding ‘domestic terrorism statute’

Kelly Cohen · September 27, 2017 4:08 pm