Trump’s history with FISA takes spotlight amid fight over FBI spy powers
Former President Donald Trump urged Republicans on Wednesday to vote against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, citing how the government misused FISA to surveil one of his 2016 campaign aides. However, Trump’s opposition to the bill did not entirely account for the former president’s history with Section 702 or the provisions […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned of an ‘elevated threat’ for US safety
FBI Director Christopher Wray is expected to advocate for increased funding Thursday while warning of “growing threats” to U.S. public safety and national security. “As I reflect on my career in law enforcement, it is difficult to remember a time when so many threats to public safety and national security were heightened at once,” Wray […]
18-year-old plotted terrorist attack on 21 churches in Idaho after swearing allegiance to ISIS during COVID, FBI says
An Idaho man allegedly hatched a conspiracy. terrorist attack He denounced about two dozen Christian churches for the Islamic State, but was thwarted by an FBI informant. The FBI said its agents had been following Alexander Scott Mercurio for two years after he converted to Islam against the wishes of his Christian parents. Mercurio was […]
Congress will allow the FBI to SPY on YOU but NOT them?!
Congress is voting on whether to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA, which comes from the Patriot Act. The reauthorization would allow the FBI to secretly spy on Americans without a warrant. “I remember thinking all they had to do was change the meaning of terrorist,” says Glenn Beck, recalling the passage of the Patriot Act. […]
Senators demand FBI agents testify about ‘highly credible’ source who allegedly made up Biden bribery scheme
Exclusive: Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson are calling the FBI to investigate what steps the bureau and the Department of Justice took to investigate the FD-1023 form indicting the now-infamous bribery scheme. requesting that Alexander Smirnov’s processing agent and his supervisor be available for an interview. Joe Biden and Ukraine are involved. Fox […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Jordan Demands Docs, Communications Between Big Tech And FBI
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters Tuesday to five social media companies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), calling on them to produce documents and records regarding any recent interactions with social media companies and the Executive Branch. The Daily Caller first obtained copies of the […]
Sen. Chuck Grassley claims credit for indictment of FBI informant who alleged Biden bribes
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday that his decision last year to go public with bribery allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter by a confidential FBI source led to his February charges of lying to his handlers. He claimed that this led to the indictment. “Unless I listen to the Justice Department […]
Ex-NYPD inspector rips misleading FBI books hiding true crime statistics
A former New York City Police Department inspector derided the FBI under President Joe Biden for allegedly cooking its books and misleading the nation about true crime statistics. “You only have about 63% of the country that’s even covered by these numbers, and what the media does is they generally find some salient point that […]
FBI arrests Idaho 18-year-old for ‘violent plot’ to attack churches on behalf of ISIS, Justice Department says
The FBI arrested an 18-year-old Idaho man over the weekend who uncovered a “truly horrifying” and “violent plot” to attack a church in Coeur d’Alene on behalf of ISIS, according to the Justice Department. Alexander Mercurio is now giving material possession to a designated foreign terrorist organization after the FBI said he hatched a plan […]
Public safety group finds FBI violent crime data is higher than initially reported
First appearance on Fox: An independent group of law enforcement officials and analysts contends that the violent crime rate is much higher than what the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported in its 2023 violent crime statistics. The Coalition for Law, Order and Safety released an April 2024 report titled “Assessing America’s Crime Crisis: Trends, Causes, […]