In 1763, the radical journalist and colonial sympathizer John Wilkes published issue no. 45 of North Briton, a periodical of anonymous essays known for its virulent anti-Scottish drivel—and for viciously satirizing a British prime minister until he quit his job. The fallout from the subsequent plan of the British king, George III, to see Wilkes … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried may be headed to prison but the story of FTX is far from over. Indeed, like an evil spirit, the exchange seems destined to haunt the crypto community for the rest of its days. The Biggest Crypto Heists of 2022…So Far Not only has the company’s downfall shattered faith in what was once … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., notified the FBI of a potential hate crime after antisemitic messages threatening the school’s Jewish community and referencing the ongoing Israel-Gaza war were posted to an online forum on Sunday. The threats specifically named one university building, the Cornell Center for Jewish … Read more
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Insider spoke to multiple people who claim Thiel became a “confidential human source” for a Los Angeles-based agent named Johnathan Buma — a term that indicates a long-running relationship with the FBI, allegedly beginning in 2021. While Thiel was once a high-profile supporter of former President Donald Trump, a subject of multiple FBI investigations, the … Read more
Claim: U.S. President Joe Biden ordered the FBI to make unannounced “knock and talk” visits to the homes of over 100,000 supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Rating: In September 2023, a user on X posted what appeared to be a shocking news story. The post said that U.S. President Joe Biden had allegedly … Read more
PENFIELD, Pa. (AP) — In the heart of Pennsylvania elk country, Eric McCarthy and his client, Don Reichel, got up before sunrise to scour the forest floor for so-called “brown gold” — a rack of freshly shed antlers to add to Reichel’s collection back home. One hill over, a team of FBI agents was also … Read more
FBI is one CBS‘ biggest shows! The Dick Wolf-created series, which follows an office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York City, just wrapped up Season 5, with Season 6 now on the way. The show already got renewed for Season 6 in May 2022, when it was also renewed for a Season … Read more
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has done tens of thousands of face recognition searches using software from outside providers in recent years. Yet only 5 percent of the 200 agents with access to the technology have taken the bureau’s three-day training course on how to use it, a report from the Government Accountability … Read more
Senior United States intelligence officers met privately in Virginia yesterday with over a dozen civil liberties teams to subject issues about home surveillance operations which have drawn intense scrutiny this summer time amongst an unlikely coalition of Democratic and Republican lawmakers within the US Congress. The closed-door session, convened on the Liberty Crossing Intelligence Campus—a … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he departs from Delaware Air Nationwide Guard Base in New Fort, Delaware, en path to Joint Base Andrews, Aug. 7, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Pictures The FBI shot and killed a Utah man on Wednesday whereas making an attempt to arrest him for threatening to homicide … Read more