Law Enforcement & Intelligence
The latest coverage of the law enforcement community and all aspects of the U.S. intelligence.
Jack Smith winding down Trump cases before inauguration, asks judge to cancel deadlines
A federal judge is granting special counsel Jack Smith’s request to cancel pretrial deadlines in the election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump as the government finds a way to deal with his victory and looming inauguration.
FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection
The brass on the seventh floor at FBI headquarters in Washington are walking around in a daze and wary of a housecleaning since President-elect Donald Trump won his reelection on Tuesday, according to inside sources.
Sen. Marco Rubio says leak of classified U.S. documents about Israeli military plans is treason
Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday that whoever leaked classified U.S. documents assessing Israeli military plans likely committed treason and should be prosecuted.
FBI says China-backed hackers hit telecommunications sector; Trump, Vance phones reportedly targeted
The federal government on Friday said it is investigating a Chinese hack of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure, and former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance are reportedly among those targeted in the operation.
Iran, Russia agents plot postelection violence; protests intended to widen divides
U.S. intelligence officials said that Iranian and Russian operatives may be considering influence operations intended to incite violence in America after all the ballots have been cast on Election Day.
Harris mum on crime cleanup; divisive ballot measure takes tougher approach
Vice President Kamala Harris has been waffling on a California ballot initiative aimed at stopping the smash-and-grab epidemic.
New FBI data shows crime increased, even as Biden said it dropped
The FBI’s latest data shows police reports of violent crime rose from 2021 to 2022, contradicting the bureau’s previous assertions and undercutting the narrative President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have offered that public safety was improving.
Former CIA officer says agency reacted to Russian meddling in 2016 as a ‘version of 9/11’
Russian meddling in U.S. politics since 2016 has angered the CIA to a degree comparable to the outrage that coursed through the agency after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, according to retired senior case officer Patrick Weninger.
Writer recounts FBI confrontation after publishing allegedly hacked Vance documents
Writer Ken Klippenstein revealed this week that the FBI visited his home after he published an allegedly hacked research dossier on GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance. The dossier is reported to be included among the materials included in a hack-and-leak operation that the U.S. intelligence community has pinned on Iran.
Vem Miller ‘shocked’ by assassination claims after his arrest at Trump rally checkpoint
A California sheriff said Sunday that deputies thwarted a third would-be assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump a day earlier, when they prevented an armed man from entering the Republican candidate’s rally.
Hot-rod scofflaws fuel danger, violence in illegal takeovers of U.S. streets
Hot-rodders aren’t just burning rubber on desolate roads — they’re taking over streets in major cities and daring police to stop them.
Police: Pranksters could face charges over ‘door kick’ TikTok challenge that mimics home invasion
The late-night “thud-thud-thud” of a stranger’s heel on your front door may not be a burglar trying to break in: It could be teen pranksters participating in another social media trend.
Supreme Court weighs granting new trial for twice-convicted murderer, upending death sentence
The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether to give a twice-convicted murderer a new trial and save him from a death sentence in an unusual dispute in which even the state is asking the justices to order a third trial for the death row inmate.
Intelligence community warns China, Russia, Cuba looking to sway congressional races
China, Russia and Cuba are looking to sway voters in down-ballot races across the country, according to U.S. intelligence officials sharing their new assessment with reporters on Monday.
Venezuelan prison gang fuels U.S. crime wave, ducks American law enforcement
Two cops shot in New York City. A jogger beaten to death in Georgia. A Texas hotel taken over by armed criminals. The common thread in a sprawling nationwide web of violence, according to law enforcement officials, is a ruthless Venezuelan prison gang exporting its drug-weapon-human-trafficking operations north to American cities.
