Jul 10 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Charleston shooter should have failed gun background check, says FBI By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Dylann Roof, the suspect in the Charleston shooting, should have been barred from buying his gun, according to the FBI. Also, the head of the Office of Personnel Management has stepped down after a major… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 4:04 FBI: Blacks most often targeted in hate crimes By PBS News Hour An estimated 260,000 suspected hate crimes happen in the U.S. every year. More than 50 out of every 1 million black citizens was the victim of a racially motivated hate crime in 2012, the highest of any group, according to… Continue watching
Jun 13 Deeply personal information exposed in security clearance hack By Ted Bridis and Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Deeply personal information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances - mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies and more - is in the hands of hackers linked to China, officials say. Continue reading
Jun 05 Massive cybersecurity breach may be first step in pursuit of bigger U.S. secrets By Ted Bridis, Ken Dilanian and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A giant hack of millions of government personnel files is being treated as the work of foreign spies who could use the information to fake their way into more-secure computers and plunder U.S. secrets. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 5:10 How the FBI is using a 'small air force' to track suspects By PBS News Hour According to the Associated Press, the FBI operates a fleet of undercover planes equipped with video cameras, some of which can also gather cell phone data. The FBI says these flights target suspected criminals, and that a warrant is not… Continue watching
Jun 02 FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over U.S. cities By Jack Gillum, Eileen Sullivan and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology — all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 3:14 Report: FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminal defendants By PBS News Hour The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer… Continue watching
Mar 25 Report calls for improvements at FBI to combat terror By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI should speed up the pace of its improvements to deal with the evolving terrorist threat around the world and improve its intelligence-collection capabilities, according to an outside review released Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 20 Federal authorities say no foul play in death of black man hanging in a tree in Mississippi By Laura Santhanam A black man was found hanging in a tree in Mississippi, and now federal and state investigators are trying to determine if his death was a suicide or homicide. Continue reading
Mar 09 FBI increases reward for return of missing ex-FBI agent By Associated Press The FBI on Monday increased the reward for information leading to the return of a former FBI agent who went missing eight years ago from the Iranian resort of Kish Island. Continue reading