FBI, Justice Department Offer Starkly Different Positions on Trump’s Budget Cuts
Top officials for the FBI and Justice Department are at odds over the impact of President Trump’s proposed budget cuts.
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McCabe: FBI Providing Mueller with ‘a Great Number of Folks’ from Bureau
The acting head of the FBI told Congressional members that the bureau is providing special counsel Robert Mueller with a substantial number of personnel to investigate alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Acting FBI Director Pledges to Blow the Whistle if White House Interferes
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe pledged Thursday to alert congressional members of any attempts by the White House to interfere with the “highly significant investigation” into ties between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia.
Trump Is Lying about Alleged ‘Quid Pro Quo’ in FBI’s Clinton Probe
Donald Trump’s suggestion that a high-ranking FBI official helped Hillary Clinton during the email investigation because of campaign donations to the official’s wife is off base and untrue
Wife of High-Ranking FBI Official Received Campaign Cash by Clinton Allies
Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe played a major role in the bureau’s instigation of Hillary Clinton’s email use as secretary of state.
Andrew McCabe Assumes the #2 Post In the FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew McCabe, the associate deputy director, has moved up to the second spot in the FBI, replacing Deputy Director Mark Giuliano, who is retiring, the FBI announced. As deputy director, McCabe will oversee all FBI domestic and international investigative and intelligence activities and serve as acting director in the director’s absence. McCabe…
New Generation of FBI Agents Adds Youth, Passion to Fight Global Terrorism
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It hasn’t been long since the FBI’s primary focus was putting away bank robbers, kidnappers and gang members. That focus has dramatically shifted in the post-9/11 era, creating a new generation of counterterrorism experts who know the ins and outs of al Qaeda and Hezbollah, Newsweek reports. Most of the counterterrorism experts…
FBI Director Comey Names Bureau’s New National Security Chief
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI officially named Andrew McCabe to its top national security post. The long-time terrorism investigator was promoted to assistant director of the National Security Branch, which oversees terrorism-related intelligence, the FBI announced. McCabe, who began his career in 1996 with the bureau’s organized crime squad in New York, was the…