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FBI Chief's Resignation May Be 'Act of Defiance'
FBI Chief's
Resignation
May Be 'Act
of Defiance'
the rundown
Dec 12, 2024 12:06 PM CST

FBI Chief's Resignation May Be 'Act of Defiance'

But others accuse Christopher Wray of capitulating to Donald Trump

(Newser) - The decision by Christopher Wray to resign as head of the FBI with three years to go in his tenure has prompted plenty of critics to accuse him of capitulating to President-elect Trump. Another school of thought, however, suggests Wray did exactly the opposite. What's not in dispute is...

FBI Director Says He Will Step Down Next Month

Christopher Wray had years left to go in 10-year term that began in 2017

(Newser) - FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he plans to resign at the end of President Biden's term in January. The announcement comes a week and a half after President-elect Trump announced his intention to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job. At a town hall meeting with the bureau'...

Opinion: Trump's FBI Move Is a 'Constitutional Crisis'

David Frum writes that the president-elect wants the powerful agency to do his bidding

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI is drawing plenty of criticism on the left and plenty of praise from the MAGA wing. But in the Atlantic , David Frum argues that the real controversy isn't the decision to pick Patel but to fire current FBI...

Trump Names Loyalist to Run FBI Once He's Ousted Wray

Kash Patel produced a 'blueprint to remove these Gangsters from all of Government,' president-elect wrote

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has picked Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, signaling his intention to oust Christopher Wray and install a fierce loyalist to upend the nation's premier law enforcement agency. Trump has been bitterly critical of the agency, which he has claimed has "lost the confidence of...

US Seizes Domains to Prevent Russia Election Interference

Justice Department takes over 32 websites, charges RT employees

(Newser) - The Justice Department announced actions Wednesday it has taken to counter what it called Russian attempts to affect elections in the US and other nations. The steps include charging two employees of the Russian state-owned media outlet RT, the Hill reports, and neutralizing 32 web domains used for the propaganda...

FBI Issues One-Sentence Statement on Trump Shooting

Agency says former president was indeed struck by a bullet on July 13 at Pennsylvania rally

(Newser) - Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump's near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president's ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president's injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. "...

On Terrorism, an 'Unavoidable Conclusion'
On Terrorism,
an 'Unavoidable
Conclusion'
OPINION
Jun 17, 2024 9:29 AM CDT

On Terrorism, an 'Unavoidable Conclusion'

After 9/11, the 'warning lights are blinking red again': Foreign Affairs op-ed

(Newser) - Both current FBI chief Christopher Wray and Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla, who heads up US Central Command, have issued recent warnings on the threat of terror attacks inside the United States and against American interests abroad, and other officials have concurred. The threat level from groups such as al-Qaeda,...

Columbia Encampment Is Staying—for Now
Columbia Encampment
Is Staying—for Now
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Apr 24, 2024 8:50 AM CDT

Columbia Encampment Is Staying—for Now

Negotiations extended for 2 days after 'important progress' made

(Newser) - Columbia University gave student protesters until midnight Tuesday to agree to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Shortly after that deadline passed, student protesters said they abandoned negotiations when school officials threatened to unleash the National Guard. But around 3am, Columbia said negotiations had been extended for 48 hours after...

FBI Chief Warns of Potential Attack Amid FISA Fight

After Wednesday's chaos, House Republicans may now see a path forward

(Newser) - FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Thursday of "the potential for a coordinated attack" in the US, similar to the ISIS-K attack that killed more than 140 people in Russia last month. Wray told lawmakers he was "hard-pressed to think of a time [during my law enforcement career] where...

FBI Director Issues 'Dramatic Public Warning' on China
FBI Director Issues 'Dramatic
Public Warning' on China
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Jan 31, 2024 12:15 PM CST

FBI Director Issues 'Dramatic Public Warning' on China

Christopher Wray says hackers are targeting America's infrastructure

(Newser) - FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday issued what CNN calls a "dramatic public warning" about the cyberthreat posed by China, specifically to US infrastructure. Appearing before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, he said Chinese hackers are going after the things that keep us "safe...

FBI Chief: Selection of HQ Site Is a Little Fishy

Christopher Wray suggests person who made the final call had a conflict of interest

(Newser) - The FBI is finally getting a new HQ, though a contentious debate is raging over the site selection announced this week . FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was concerned about a "potential conflict of interest" in the General Services Administration's selection of Greenbelt, Maryland, a Washington...

Spy Chiefs in 5 Nations Sound Warning on China

Five Eyes intelligence chiefs say Chinese spies are operating at an 'epic scale'

(Newser) - Spy movies have taught us to suspect figures lurking around military bases and federal buildings, yet the focus of Chinese spying in the US looks quite different, according to the heads of spy agencies in the Five Eyes coalition—US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand—who gathered for an...

Wray Takes GOP Heat in Hearing
Wray Defends 'the Real FBI'
Jul 12, 2023 7:15 PM CDT

Wray Defends 'the Real FBI'

House Republicans accuse director of weaponizing agency,

(Newser) - Director Chris Wray defended what he called the "real FBI" during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday, rejecting a list of grievances from angry Republicans who are threatening to defund some operations and claiming the Justice Department is unfair to political conservatives, including Donald Trump. Wray, who testified for nearly...

Lawmaker Says FBI Searched Him in Surveillance Data

'We clearly have work to do' on the way the agency collects communications, Wray says

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker on Thursday accused the FBI of wrongly searching for his name in foreign surveillance data, underscoring the challenges ahead for US officials trying to persuade Congress to renew their authorities to collect huge swaths of communications. Illinois Rep. Darin LaHood did not say why the FBI may...

FBI Director: Yes, COVID 'Most Likely' Originated in Lab

Christopher Wray comments on the matter for the first time

(Newser) - In an interview with Fox News Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged that, yes, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 probably leaked from a Chinese lab. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are...

FBI Chief Calls Threats 'Deplorable'

Online posts have called for violence since search of Trump's home

(Newser) - The director of the FBI on Wednesday answered supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the aftermath of his agency's search of Trump's Florida home . Christopher Wray, who was appointed as the agency’s director in 2017 by Trump, called threats circulating...

Beware of Chinese Spying, Heads of FBI, MI5 Warn

Tech is most at risk, directors tell business, education leaders in London

(Newser) - Seeking maximum impact, the heads of the FBI and Britain's MI5 stood together Wednesday to warn of the danger of Chinese espionage. Western technology companies are especially at risk of losing intellectual property, the two told chief executives at Thames House, headquarters of the British domestic security agency, in...

FBI Director: China's Spying Has 'Reached a New Level'

Country has stolen more data 'than every other country combined'

(Newser) - FBI Director Christopher Wray says China's economic espionage campaign is more damaging than ever, which is saying something, considering the scale of the Chinese government's spying stunned Wray when he became FBI director in 2017. "This one blew me away. And I'm not the kind of...

'They Do Not Care': Hackers Love Hospitals as Targets

Security is lax and the stakes are high, explains Wall Street Journal in an investigation

(Newser) - Last week, the FBI chief put the threat posed by ransomware on par with the 9/11 attacks. If that seemed like hyperbole, an investigation by the Wall Street Journal might shed some light on his thinking. The newspaper catalogs 235 attacks on hospitals and psychiatric centers in the US since...

FBI Chief: Ransomware Is Our New 9/11

Christopher Wray sees parallels, says the scope of the problem is massive

(Newser) - The shutdown of the Colonial oil pipeline . The crippling of one of the nation's biggest meat producers. If it seems like ransomware attacks are growing more frequent and more threatening, know that the head of the FBI agrees. And in an interview with the Wall Street Journal , Christopher Wray...

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