April 2016

FBI Actually Paid Less Than $1.3M to Unlock San Bernardino iPhone
Despite a suggestion from FBI Director James Comey that it cost the FBI about $1.3 million to unlock an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, the price tag was a lot more inexpensive.

FBI Arrests 3 Relatives of San Bernardino Shooter Unrelated to Terror Attack
The FBI arrested three people with connections to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

FBI Arrests Oregon Man, Found Pipe Bombs, After Alleged Threats to President Obama
The FBI arrested a 61-year-old Oregon man on charges of threatening the president after authorities said they found what appeared to be pipe bombs in his apartment

FBI Records: ‘Argument Can Be Made’ That Agents Violated Policy with Bogus News Article
When the FBI created a bogus Associated Press news story to capture a man who was making bomb threats to a school in suburban Washington, agents said they were doing nothing wrong.

U.S. Supreme Court Gives FBI Authority to Hack More Computers
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the FBI more authority to hack into computers beginning in December.

Matt Gorham Named Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism at the Washington Field Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Matt Gorham, deputy assistant director for the Critical Incident Response Group for the FBI, has been named special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division at the bureau’s Washington Field Office. Gorham joined the FBI in 1995 and was first assigned to the Pittsburgh Division, where he worked a variety of…

Ex-FBI Agent Accused of Committing Perjury Plans to Plead Guilty
Former FBI Supervisory Agent Robert Fitzpatrick plans to plead guilty to unspecified charges after testifying on behalf of James “Whitey” Bulger,