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by Chris Lefkow Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked FBI director, told senators during his confirmation hearing not to be put off by his soft-spoken manner. “No one should mistake my low-key demeanor as a lack of resolve,” Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Anybody who thinks that I would be pulling punches as the FBI director sure doesn’t know me very well.” Just six months into the job, the […]
by Paul Handley and Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse An investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election moved into a new and more perilous stage for the White House Tuesday after three aides to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, including a former chairman, were charged. Ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and another former Trump aide appeared in court, pleading not guilty to conspiracy against the United States, money laundering and several other charges after the […]
(Eagle News) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States has confirmed that the DNA sample from a corpse retrieved from Marawi City matched with that of Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Saturday that the FBI has submitted its official report on this. “This process of verification is also being conducted on the cadavers of the other terrorists that have been recovered so far,” he said. Apart […]
A Filipino suspect in a thwarted jihadist plot targetting New York City transferred money from the Philippines to other suspects to carry out the attacks, saying he could do this without attracting too much attention. A statement sent by the United States Embassy in Manila quoted messages sent by Russel Salic to two others involved in the plot in which he described terror laws in the Philippines as “not strict” in comparison to countries such […]
Three people—including a Filipino—have been charged with involvement in planned jihadist attacks on targets including New York’s subway and Times Square, in 2016. But an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent helped thwart the plot of Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, Talha Haroon, and Russel Salic of the Philippines. The attacks were supposed to be carried out in the name of the Islamic State group during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, American state prosecutors said in a statement on […]
(Reuters) U.S. authorities will investigate on Sunday the violence stemming from a white nationalist rally a day earlier that killed one person, injured more than 30, and challenged U.S. President Donald Trump’s leadership. The unrest in the southern college town presented Trump with a domestic crisis, with many on both left and right criticizing him for waiting too long to address it and then, when he did so, failing to explicitly condemn the white-supremacist marchers […]
by Michael Mathes and Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse United States President Donald Trump punched back Friday against James Comey, accusing the ousted Federal Bureau of Investigation director of lying about their private conversations — and saying he is “100 percent” willing to testify under oath. Comey delivered scathing testimony a day earlier in a highly anticipated Senate hearing, saying Trump sought to derail a probe into onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn. Trump was […]
(REUTERS) U.S. federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches, a law enforcement official said. The warning, issued in a bulletin to local law enforcement, said there were no known specific, credible threats. The notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security was issued out of […]
(REUTERS) The gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida said he had a car rigged with bombs outside and threatened to strap hostages into explosive vests, according to partial transcripts of 911 calls he made released on Monday. Omar Mateen, 29, paused during a three-hour siege to telephone emergency dispatchers three times and to post internet messages from inside the Pulse nightclub professing his support for Islamist militant groups. “You […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – With the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh police was able to identify 12 Filipinos and 8 Sri Lankans as suspects for the theft of the $100 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank. Said suspects are those that were paid to facilitate the theft and not the actual hackers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT The FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, officials said Monday, ending a heated legal standoff with Apple that had pitted US authorities against Silicon Valley. Apple, backed by a broad coalition of technology giants like Google and Facebook, was fiercely opposed to assisting the US government in unlocking the iPhone on grounds it would have wide-reaching implications on digital security and privacy. A key court […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The Federal Bureau of Investigation will send an investigation team to Bangladesh after said country asked the help of the United States of America in identifying the hackers that stole $81 million from the Central Bank of Bangladesh. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
