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FBI Agent Admits to Stealing Silk Road Bitcoins Seized by U.S. Marshals
Back in 2015 two rogue U.S. Secret Service agents, Shaun Bridges and Carl Mark Force, were caught and sentenced to prison for stealing funds while investigating the first high profile darknet market the Silk Road. Now according to reports, Shaun Bridges plead guilty on August 15 for moving 1,600 bitcoins of seized bitcoins confiscated by federal authorities.
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Saudi government allegedly funded a ‘dry run’ for 9/11
Fresh evidence submitted in a major 9/11 lawsuit moving forward against the Saudi Arabian government reveals its embassy in Washington may have funded a “dry run” for the hijackings carried out by two Saudi employees, further reinforcing the claim employees and agents of the kingdom directed and aided the 9/11 hijackers and plotters. Two years before the airliner attacks, the Saudi Embassy paid for two Saudi nationals, living undercover in the US as students, to fly from Phoenix to Washington “in a dry run for the 9/11 attacks,” alleges the amended complaint filed on behalf of the...
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Uber Faces FBI Probe Over Program Targeting Rival Lyft
Federal law-enforcement authorities in New York are investigating whether Uber Technologies Inc. used software to interfere illegally with a competitor, according to people familiar with the investigation, adding to legal pressures facing the ride-hailing company and its new chief executive.
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FBI reveals: Threat to U.S. posed by white supremacists now equals that of ISIS
Independent data reportedly paints an even starker picture, putting the number of attacks planned by white nationalists as double those of jihadist movements.
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BlackBerry CEO Promises To Try To Break Customers' Encryption If The US Gov't Asks Him To
The DOJ's reps -- along with the new FBI boss -- keep making noises about device encryption. They don't like it. What they want is some hybrid unicorn called "responsible encryption," which would keep bad guys out but let law enforcement in. The government has no idea how this is supposed to be accomplished, but it has decided to leave that up to the smart guys at tech companies. After all, tech companies are only in it for the money.
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Rosenstein uses Texas shooter to lobby for encryption backdoors
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein used the encrypted phone of the Texas shooting suspect to argue against tech companies encrypting data in a way that law enforcement could not later access. "[N]o reasonable person questions our right to access the phone," he said, giving keynote remarks at a breakfast in Linthicum, Md.
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Why FBI Can’t Tell All on Trump, Russia
The FBI cannot tell us what we need to know about Trump's contacts with Russia. Why? Because doing so would jeopardize a long-running, ultra-sensitive operation targeting mobsters tied to Putin — and to Trump. But the Feds’ stonewalling risks something far more dangerous: Failing to resolve a crisis of trust in America’s president. WhoWhatWhy provides the details of a two-month investigation in this 6,500-word exposé.
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In apparent shift, Trump tweets he fired Flynn for lying to FBI
President Trump said Saturday he had to fire Michael Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice President Pence and the FBI, an apparent shift from the reasons Trump stated at the time of Flynn's ouster. Trump’s changing rationale is a discrepancy that will catch the attention of prosecutors on Mueller’s team looking into whether the president tried to obstruct the investigation.
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Mueller removed FBI agent from Russia probe for anti-Trump texts: reports
The special counsel examining alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election removed a top FBI investigator from his team for exchanging text messages with a colleague that expressed anti-Trump views, two U.S. newspapers reported on Saturday.
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Mueller Goes After Trump's Bank Accounts, Subpoenas Deutsche Bank
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed Deutsche Bank, demanding that it disclose details of transactions and documents on accounts help by President Trump and members of his family as the "Russian collusion" probe now turns its attention to Trump's bank accounts. According to Handelsblatt, which first reported the news, the bank received the subpoena several weeks ago.
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U.S. Fugitive Eric Conn, Guilty In $550 Million Fraud, Is Captured In Honduras
Eric Conn had been under house arrest when he cut off his ankle monitor and left it in a backpack along I-75 in Kentucky. He was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison.
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Trump's personal banking information handed over to Robert Mueller
Donald Trump’s banking information has formally been turned over to Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating whether the president’s campaign conspired with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election. Deutsche Bank, the German bank that serves as Trump’s biggest lender, was forced to submit documents about its client relationship with the president and some of his family members, who are also Deutsche clients...
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Email shows effort to give docs to Trump camp
Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked WikiLeaks documents, according to an email provided to congressional investigators. The September 4 email was sent during the final stretch of the 2016 presidential race -- on the same day that Trump Jr. first tweeted about WikiLeaks and Clinton.
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If Robert Mueller Will Ultimately Vindicate Trump, Why Fire Him?
We are seeing two trends in the Robert Mueller matter that should be pulling in opposite directions, but aren’t.
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FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump
FBI agents are examining whether a top Russian banker who forged ties with the National Rifle Association funneled money to the gun rights group to bankroll its efforts to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
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Trump says he would speak to Mueller under oath in Russia probe
President Trump said Wednesday that he plans to speak with special counsel Robert Mueller, laying the groundwork for a high-stakes meeting that could shape the course of the Russia investigation. “I'm looking forward to it," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked whether he would submit to questioning by Mueller's team. "I would do it under oath," he added.
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It’s Now Likely Mueller Thinks Trump Obstructed Justice
Thursday’s explosive New York Times story that President Donald Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June renewed the public’s focus on the obstruction of justice investigation against Trump, which will soon culminate in Trump’s interview by Mueller. The case against Trump has grown stronger in recent months, and it now appears likely that Mueller will conclude that Trump obstructed justice.
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McCabe stepped down after pressure from FBI director: report
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepped down from his post after facing pressure from FBI Director Christopher Wray to leave the position.
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Justice department: Mueller inquiry lawful, Manafort suit lacks merit
The justice department has backed special counsel Robert Mueller over a lawsuit filed against him by Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, and argued that the case should be dismissed. Manafort sued Mueller on 3 January, saying his office’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election exceeded its legal authority.
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Trump’s Lawyers Want Him to Refuse an Interview in Russia Inquiry
Lawyers for President Trump have advised him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to four people briefed on the matter, raising the specter of a monthslong court battle over whether the president must answer questions under oath.
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