Attorney General Eric Holder changed the federal government’s legal definition of rape Friday, in order to make it more consistent with local and state law enforcement definitions and update a definition that’s been out of date for decades. (more)
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man with a degree in physics was charged Wednesday with plotting to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled airplanes filled with explosives. (more)
Despite increases in gun sales, gun crimes continued to decrease in the United States for the fourth straight year in 2010, according to the FBI. (more)
The FBI announced Friday that it had doled out $2.1 million to unnamed individuals for the tip that led to the June arrest of legendary gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and his girlfriend in California. But the family of one of Bulger’s alleged victims is wondering aloud where that money is. (more)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has just informed us that it has debuted its very first mobile application, an iPhone app dubbed ‘Child ID.’ (more)
Will all this phone hacking never end? (more)
New York Republican Rep. Peter King issued a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller Wednesday demanding an immediate investigation into allegations that British journalists hacked phone accounts belonging to 9/11 victims. (more)
The “most transparent” administration in history is being targeted by the Defending Dissent Foundation (DDF) for being anything but. (more)
Call it another triumph of social media. (more)
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention. (more)
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Two Iraqis living in Kentucky have been arrested on charges that they tried to send sniper rifles, stinger missiles and money to Al-Qaida operatives in their home country, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI released documents Monday stating that New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner assisted the agency in two investigations — one of them apparently a terrorism probe — in the years leading up to his pardon by President Ronald Reagan on a campaign-contributions conviction. (more)
The death of Osama bin Laden and the expectation of a trove of intelligence derived from his computers has caused the FBI to ramp up its efforts to prevent a terrorist attack. (more)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has updated its list of “Most Wanted Terrorists” now that the American military has eliminated the head of the Al Qaeda Hydra, Osama Bin Laden. (more)
On the day before his federal retrial, former Governor Rod Blagojevich is accusing the government of leaking information about Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. having a mistress. (more)
The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted by the FBI on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to the thriving industry. (more)
Earlier this month, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) released a revamped version of its electronic reading room for records and documents from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Dubbed “The Vault,” the database is designed to make it easier for readers to scour thousands of FBI documents. (more)
Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Senate lawmakers Thursday to place the bureau on equal financial footing in the ongoing budget battle, saying a failure to do so would mean a significant step backward amid what he called the most complex threat environment in the bureau’s history. (more)
Top administration officials have sharply criticized Pastor Terry Jones for burning a Koran on March 20, but officials at the Justice Department are now faced with the politically sensitive task of defending his civil-rights against a spurt of death threats, including an announcement by Hezbollah that it would pay a $2.4 million bounty for his death. (more)
Garrett M. Graff is the author of the new book, “The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror.” (more)
