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It's All Politics
Controversies Risk Starving Obama's Agenda Of Air
May 14, 2013 This was the critical moment, the brief time between his inaugural and when the nation's collective focus turns to whom his successor will be, when President Obama had to make real progress on his second-term agenda. Instead, controversies have intruded, eating up precious time.
The Two-Way
FBI Says It Prevented Terrorist Attack In Rural Minnesota
May 6, 2013 Authorities arrest a 24-year-old man with a stockpile of explosives and firearms but decline to name what they believe was his intended target.
It's All Politics
Reality Often Rivals Fiction In Political Corruption Scandals
April 2, 2013 The federal criminal complaint against New York politicians as the result of an FBI sting was a reminder of how often real-life political scandals can read like the imaginings of Hollywood screenwriters.
All Tech Considered
Want To Keep Your Messages Private? There's An App For That
February 17, 2013 For a fee, Silent Circle erases messages from both the receiver and the sender's phones. The app's creators got the idea after hearing an all-too-familiar story: A friend of theirs inadvertently read a text meant for someone else.
The Two-Way
Documents Show FBI Kept Tabs On Stalin's Daughter After Defection
November 19, 2012 Lana Peters, who died last year, defected to the U.S. in 1967. The Associated Press, citing newly declassified documents, says the FBI was trying to gauge how the former Svetlana Alliluyeva's defection was affecting international relations.
It's All Politics
Petraeus Scandal Raises Concerns About Email Privacy
November 13, 2012 The FBI review of sensitive email messages between former CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer-mistress Paula Broadwell has been raising big questions about Big Brother. One of them: When can federal law enforcement review a person's private communications?
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FBI Team Spends 12 Hours In Benghazi
October 4, 2012 Three weeks after the attack on the U.S. consulate that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead, a team of FBI investigators got to the site in Libya.
The Two-Way
Metallica's James Hetfield Makes PSA For FBI To Help Find Fan's Killer
June 13, 2012 Morgan Harrington, 20, was last seen alive on Oct. 17, 2009, when she left a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The band's lead singer is asking the public for help in finding her killer.
The Two-Way
Violent Crime Down Fifth Year, FBI Says
June 11, 2012 Murders, manslaughters, rapes and assaults all fell nationwide, the FBI says.
The Two-Way
Prosecutors Knew Of FBI's Forensics Flaws For Years, The Washington Post Reports
April 17, 2012 The Justice Department has long known that flawed forensic work by FBI experts may have helped convict innocent people, but prosecutors rarely told defendants' attorneys, according to The Washington Post. Problems were seen in analyses of fingerprints, hair and fibers, bullets, polygraphs and other areas.
The Two-Way
FBI's Outgoing Cyber Cop Says Americans Don't See Size Of Threat
March 30, 2012 As he retires and heads into the private sector, Shawn Henry looks back at the growth in the cybercrime problem.
The Two-Way
'Anonymous' Follows Hacking Of FBI-Scotland Yard Phone Call With Attacks
February 3, 2012 A day that began with the Anonymous hackers posting a 17-minute recording of a call between officials of the FBI and Scotland Yard has been followed with some tweeted taunting and the hacking of websites for the Greek government and Boston Police.
The Two-Way
Justice Dept. Revises Definition Of Rape To Include Male Victims
January 6, 2012 The FBI's new definition is "more inclusive, better reflects state criminal codes and focuses on the various forms of sexual penetration understood to be rape," officials say.
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Violent Crime Drops Again, FBI Reports
December 19, 2011 The number of violent crimes reported by U.S. police agencies fell 6.4 percent in the first half of this year compared to the same time in 2010, the bureau says. Property crimes were down 3.7 percent.
