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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Silhouettes of soldiers in front of the North Korean flag, symbolizing the country’s militarized cyber operations.

North Korea’s Cybercrime Empire: Billions in Stolen Crypto, Bunny Meat for the Masses

How does a country with no open internet become the world’s most dangerous cybercriminal state? National security expert and former NSA officer John R. Schindler explains how Pyongyang’s hacker army—operating under state orders—has stolen billions in cryptocurrency, infiltrated U.S. companies under fake names, and turned online theft into a key revenue source for its nuclear ambitions.
By John R. Schindler
two colorful prints, both featuring people, set in a side-by-side grid

Art Theft Research: There’s an App for That

Art buyers' due diligence should always involve checking databases of stolen art and antiquities, and there are apps that make doing so easier.
By Daniel Grant
In this photo illustration, a TikTok Chinese video-sharing social networking service logo seen displayed on a smartphone with flags of the United States and China in the background.

TikTok Is a Threat to US National Security, According to the FBI

The FBI thinks TikTok poses a national security threat.
By Rachyl Jones

The Right’s Idea that FBI Agents Are “Vicious Monsters” Is Nothing New, Except the Criticism Used to Come From the Left

By Claire Potter
People looking at a Basquiat exhibition.

The Owners of a Basquiat Collection Seized by the FBI Have a History of Alleged Art Fraud

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Government Shutdown of Top Sex Worker Site Intensifies Fight for Decriminalization

By Erin Taylor

‘Zoom-Bombing’ Can Make Video Conferences a Living Hell—Here’s How to Avoid It

By Harmon Leon

Kate Fitz Gibbon Discusses the Nuances of Global Cultural Policy

By Helen Holmes

FBI Recovers Painting Stolen by Nazis From Upstate New York Museum

By Helen Holmes
Cannabis Industry

FBI Asks for Help to Weed Out Corruption in Cannabis Industry

By Chris Roberts

A Closer Look At Peter Thiel’s Attack on Google’s ‘Treasonous’ Ties to China

By Sissi Cao
Jeffrey Epstein

It Sure Looks Like Jeffrey Epstein Was a Spy—But Whose?

By John R. Schindler
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General William Barr

Battle of the Brahmins: How Trump Started a War Against the ‘Deep State’

By Jonathan Russo
Actress Felicity Huffman is seen inside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, on March 12, 2019. She is among 50 people indicted in a nationwide university admissions scam, court records unsealed in Boston on March 12, 2019 showed.

‘Operation Varsity Blues’ Will Likely Snowball Into a 2020 Political Issue

By Arick Wierson
U.S. President Donald Trump.

Who—or What—Was the FBI’s Mole at the Heart of the Trump Campaign?

By John R. Schindler
A Mock-Up Of The Explosives-Loaded Toshiba Cassette Recorder That Blew Up Pan Am Flight 103 Over Lockerbie In 1988.

The Truth Behind This Bomb That Took Down Pan Am 103 Over Lockerbie Remains a 30-Year Mystery

By John R. Schindler
Former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn leaves after the delay in his sentencing hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC, December 18, 2018.

Mike Flynn’s Disastrous Day in Court Blows Apart Trump’s Deep State Conspiracy Theory

By John R. Schindler

James Comey Thinks Trump Undermined the Rule of Law With Michael Cohen ‘Rat’ Tweet

By Davis Richardson

George Papadopoulos’s Own Family Reported His Accused-Kremlin Agent Wife to ICE

By Davis Richardson

How Jacob Wohl Tried to Use Christoph Waltz Stock Photos and His Mom to Frame Mueller

By Davis Richardson
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee,

Why the FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation is a Minefield—for the FBI

By John R. Schindler
The seal of the FBI hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquarters.

Behind the Buzz: FBI Background Investigations Into Judicial Nominees

By Donald Scarinci
Yann Demange

Director Yann Demange: ‘I’m Not Hot on Informant Stories.’ Why He Made ‘White Boy Rick’ Anyway

By Daniel Barna

Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok Promotes GoFundMe Page to Cover Legal Bills

By Davis Richardson
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