Tag: FBI

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told the agency's staff to "hang in there" after James Comey was fired. "As men and women of the FBI, we are at our best when times are tough. Please stay focused on the mission, keep doing great work, be good to each other and we will get through this together." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Andrew McCabe told FBI staff to ‘hang in there’ after James Comey firing

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2018 9:12 pm

Buzzfeed's editor in chief, Ben Smith (pictured above), might be proud of how the Steele dossier characterized the relationship between Trump and the Russian government, whether or not the actual details in it are true. But everything comes with a price. (Neon Tommy / Wikimedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith is proud of being a chaos agent. He shouldn’t be.

Siraj Hashmi · January 10, 2018 6:52 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the Senate Judiciary Committee's Russia investigation is moving forward "without any glitch." Grassley said he was unsure what President Trump when he tweeted that the GOP should "take control" of the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Chuck Grassley: Dianne Feinstein’s leak could make people ‘more reserved’ about testifying

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2018 4:30 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham wrote a letter to the FBI and Justice Department in June seeking "all proposed FISA applications that the FBI and Justice Department submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" in the course of investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Yes, Congress has seen Trump-Russia secret court surveillance documents. Now what?

Byron York · January 10, 2018 3:58 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., published a 300-page transcript from the Senate Judiciary Committee's interview of Fusion GPS co-founder on Tuesday afternoon after growing frustrated with "the innuendo and misinformation circulating about the transcript." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Trump rips ‘Sneaky Dianne Feinstein’ for ‘possibly illegal’ release of Senate testimony

Gabby Morrongiello · January 10, 2018 3:27 pm

President Trump walked away from a July meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin saying, if Russia had truly been involved in any cyberattacks on the U.S., "you wouldn't have found out about it." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Senate Dem: Trump ignoring Russian cyberattack threat

Joel Gehrke · January 10, 2018 11:00 am

According to the New York Times, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos proposed to arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin well before the former entered the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Beltway Confidential

What the media gets wrong about the Russia collusion probe into Trump

Ying Ma · January 10, 2018 2:02 am

Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele compiled a dossier on allegations of links between President Trump and Russia. Seeing as Britain is a highly capable intelligence partner of the United States and that Russia is one of our foremost adversaries, it is of the absolute utmost importance that Steele's sources be protected. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

For the sake of human lives and the US-UK alliance, Christopher Steele’s dossier sources must be protected

Tom Rogan · January 9, 2018 8:37 pm

Christopher Steele, author of the Trump dossier, believed the candidate "was being blackmailed" and urged Fusion GPS to contact the FBI, according to a transcript released Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Trump dossier author Christopher Steele feared candidate could be blackmailed

Sarah Bedford · January 9, 2018 8:16 pm

"[M]y understanding was that they believed Chris at this point Ã¢â¬" that they believed Chris might be credible because they had other intelligence that indicated the same thing and one of those pieces of intelligence was a human source from inside the Trump organization," Simpson said his testimony, referring to Christopher Steele, the dossier's author. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

National Security

Author of Trump dossier told FBI had a ‘source’ inside Trump campaign

Kelly Cohen · January 9, 2018 7:15 pm

Congress Prepares to Vote on Controversial Surveillance Power

Jenna Lifhits · January 9, 2018 1:54 pm

Noor Salman, the wife of Pulse nightclub mass shooter Omar Mateen, said in a statement to an FBI agent that she was "in denial" and couldn't believe that Mateen would hurt people even though she knew something bad was going to happen that night. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Wife of Orlando nightclub attacker knew ‘something bad’ would happen night of attack

Al Weaver · January 6, 2018 2:44 pm