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# FBI

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Alert after FBI warns that extremists could attack troops or police
Security has been upped at US military bases.
Could a plane really be hijacked over its own Wi-Fi?
The FBI have told airlines in the US to watch for signs their planes are being hacked – by people logged onto any onboard internet service.
FBI director in trouble for insulting Poland over the Holocaust
James Comey made the comments in the Washington Post.
Survivors remember the Oklahoma City bombing, 20 years ago today
9.02 am, Wednesday 19 April, 1995.
Former FBI hostage-negotiation trainer explains how to get people to do what you want
Sometimes it’s more about listening to other people than making sure yours is the loudest voice.
Could you pass the FBI fitness test?
Get physical.
Special agents probing the Silk Road drug website allegedly helped themselves to Bitcoin
Two agents have been charged with stealing the online currency after Silk Road was seized by the FBI.
'Islamic State' calls for attacks on US soldiers as names and addresses published
However, security sources believe the information was already in the public domain.
FBI investigating after body of black man found hanging from a tree
The discovery comes at a time of heightened tensions around race in the US.
A poor Irish kid turned out to be one of America’s most famous bank robbers
One victim said his robberies were like being at the movies, except the usher had a gun.
North Korea made a schoolboy error when they hacked Sony, says FBI
The FBI says they “got sloppy” and sometimes didn’t block their IP addresses.
Obama: 'We will respond' to North Korea hack
Sony said it still plans to release The Interview… but in a different format.
Sony hack causes FBI to issue major malware warning
The five-page warning was issued to US businesses and said that such malware could override all data on hard drives, making it difficult, if not impossible, to recover.
'I don't want my son's death to be in vain'
Tensions are high ahead of the grand jury ruling on the death of Michael Brown.
Another twist as FBI protection offered to Qatar World Cup 2022 whistleblower
‘It has cost me emotionally — I know for a fact I will be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life’.
Friend of Boston bombing suspect convicted of lying to FBI
Robel Phillipos was convicted of two counts for lying.
Three teen girls suspected of trying to join IS stopped at German airport
The three Colorado girls were heading for Turkey.
Twitter sues the US government over right to disclose surveillance orders
The lawsuit concerns the restrictions placed on Twitter over its ability to disclose the exact number of requests made by the FBI and US Justice Department.
FBI thinks it has identified this Islamic State hostage killer
The head of the FBI won’t be telling us who they think the person is.
FBI probes massive celebrity photo leak
Apple is also investigating the leak but it has been suggested that the pictures were collated from multiple sources.
FBI "may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals", says rights report
HRW and Columbia Law School report says US law enforcement effectively participated in developing terrorism plots for prosecution.
Shootouts and police chases: The FBI is worried about Google's driverless cars...
The FBI’s Intelligence Directorate says Google’s project opens up “ways for a car to be more of a potential lethal weapon”.
Man finds out live on-air that his son, missing for 11 days, was found alive...in his own basement
The 12-year-old boy was found behind a makeshift barricade of boxes.
FBI rescue 168 children from child sex trafficking and arrest 281 pimps
The arrests were part of a week-long enforcement by the FBI.
6 of the most ridiculous entries in the FBI's dictionary of internet slang
FMTKFYTFO.
Phil Mickelson comes out swinging after FBI insider trading probe
‘I’ve done nothing wrong. I’m not going to walk around any other way’ said Lefty.
Phil Mickelson investigated for insider trading by the FBI - reports
The golfer and a professional gambler are also being probed by the SEC.
The FBI is having problems hiring hackers who don't smoke weed
The agency is considering loosening the policy which prevents it from hiring anyone who has smoked marijuana in the previous three years.
London school says 50 - 60 students were abused by US teacher
William James Vahey took his own life earlier this year. Staff at the school are “upset, angry and betrayed”.
International search for child molester's victims who might not know they were abused
Vahey worked at 10 American and international schools. He took his own life in March, days after agents filed a warrant for a computer drive he owned.
The Waco siege ended on this day 21 years ago, leaving 79 dead
The Branch Davidians was a sect that separated from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1955 and were led by David Koresh .
FBI adds 'family annihilator' to Ten Most Wanted list
Investigators say the man brutally murdered his wife, mother and three sons at their home in Maryland almost 40 years ago.
Child pornography ring used social networks to lure 251 victims
There were more than 27,000 subscribers to the website.
Timeline: The hunt for the mystery Malaysia Airlines flight
The search enters its eighth day today and authorities now say the plane’s disappearance was ‘deliberate’.
Mobster (78) charged with 'Goodfellas' airport heist after being caught on a wire
Vincent Asaro was caught on tape complaining that he was cheated by Jimmy “The Gent” Burke, later portrayed by Robert DeNiro.
LAX gunman charged, carried note saying he planned to kill 'multiple' agents
A prosecutor yesterday told how Paul Ciancia allegedly opened fire at “point-blank range” on Gerardo Hernandez, the first TSA agent killed since the office was created
FBI investigate shooting of 13-year-old by sheriff's deputy
Police say the dead boy was carrying a pellet gun “that looked like an AK-47 assault rifle”.
FBI investigating rise in lasers targeting commercial airplanes
This follows two incidents on Tuesday in which lasers were pointed at the cockpits of planes.
California man arrested in al-Qaeda terrorism investigation
Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen was arrested while waiting to board a bus to Mexico.
Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to leaking details of Al Qaeda plot to Associated Press
The ex-agent, Donald Sachtleben, “willfully disclosed … national defence information to a person not authorised to receive it” the Justice Department said last night.