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Illustration on the nature of government surveillance and spying by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Importance of the Fourth Amendment: FBI unwittingly investigates itself

By Andrew P. Napolitano

In this March 9, 2021, file photo, a plane arrives at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

The FAA asks the FBI to consider criminal charges against 22 more unruly airline passengers

Associated Press

What happened to the FBI?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Pedophile ring spanning U.S., Australia leads to nearly 100 arrests

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - New York Police officers stand outside the Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx section in New York where alleged terrorists attempted to plant bombs in a plot which was foiled by police and FBI Wednesday, May, 20, 2009 The four men snared in an infamous post-9/11 terrorism sting were ordered freed from prison last week, a judge finding that they had been "hapless, easily manipulated and penurious petty criminals" caught up in a plot driven by an overzealous FBI and a dodgy informant. (AP Photo/David Karp)

A judge called an FBI operative a ‘villain.’ Ruling comes too late for 2 convicted in terror sting

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, leaves court, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in New York. The former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has been indicted on charges he helped a Russian oligarch, in violation of U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

FBI official who worked Trump-Russia probe, later accused of conspiring with Russia, to plead guilty

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

End DOJ’s spy games

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022. A White House advisory board is calling for major changes in how the FBI uses a controversial foreign surveillance tool. The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board issued a report Monday, July 31, 2023, with new recommendations related to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Cato Institute sues FBI for records on work with police to surveil Americans in 2020

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Portland Field Office shows the interior of a makeshift cinderblock cell in Klamath Falls, Ore., allegedly used by Negasi Zuberi. The FBI said Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, that Zuberi, 29, who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon, and kept her in the cell from which she eventually escaped and found help. Zuberi who was arrested faces a federal interstate kidnapping charge, and authorities said they are looking for additional victims after linking him to sexual assaults in at least four more states. (FBI via AP)

FBI seeks more possible victims after woman escapes from cinder block cell in Oregon

By Gene Johnson and Claire Rush - Associated Press

This image from video contained in the statement of facts supporting the arrest warrant for Daniel Donnelly Jr., shows Donnelly at an entrance to the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The face-painting St. Louis Cardinals fan known as "Rally Runner" has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol and used a stolen shield to help other rioters attack police officers. (Justice Department via AP)

Amateur baseball mascot charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint and Trump hat

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022. A White House advisory board is calling for major changes in how the FBI uses a controversial foreign surveillance tool. The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board issued a report Monday, July 31, 2023, with new recommendations related to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

The FBI should face new limits on its use of US foreign spy data, a key intelligence board says

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

This photo released by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, shows the car driven by a man who opened fire on Fargo, N.D., police officers on Friday, July 14. One officer, Jake Wallin, was killed and two others were injured before a fourth officer shot and killed 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat. (North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation via AP)

Man who killed 1 Fargo officer, hurt 2, was interviewed about guns in 2021 after tip, FBI says

By Jack Dura and Amy Forliti - Associated Press

New York City police officers stand guard outside the Riverdale Jewish Center, Thursday May 21, 2009, in The Bronx borough of New York. Four men snared in an infamous post-9/11 terrorism sting were ordered freed from prison Thursday, July 27, 2023, with a judge finding that they had been "hapless, easily manipulated and penurious petty criminals" caught up in a plot driven by an overzealous FBI and a dodgy informant. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Judge orders release of 3 of ‘Newburgh Four’ and assails FBI’s role in a post-9/11 terror sting

By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Biden's DOJ and the FBI Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

FBI illegally accessed Americans’ communications 278,000 times last year

By Andrew P. Napolitano

President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden arrive at Fort McNair in Washington on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The Bidens are returning from Camp David. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Cohort will link Biden to son’s shady business deals; president’s denial of role grows tougher

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The FBI seal, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

FBI wrongly searched for U.S. senator, state senator in Section 702 spy data, court says

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

This image provided by the Alexandria (Va.) Sheriff's Office, shows James Gordon Meek in his booking photo on Jan. 31, 2023, in Alexandria, Va. Meek, a former investigative journalist for ABC News pleaded guilty Friday, July 21, 2023 to federal child pornography charges.(Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)

Former ABC News journalist pleads guilty to child pornography charges

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden arrive at Fort McNair in Washington on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The Bidens are returning from Camp David. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

FBI source: Hunter Biden was ‘stupid,’ but Burisma paid him to keep Joe Biden involved

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, speaks to guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, April 18, 2022, in Washington. On Friday, June 23, 2023, The Associated Press reported on posts circulating online incorrectly claiming Biden is pleading guilty to the same gun charge previously faced by rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, despite facing different penalties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Official admits FBI told Twitter that Hunter Biden laptop was real as soon as news broke in 2020

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Police car against city street background. (File photo credit: Daniel Tadevosyan via Shutterstock)

‘Sticky Note Bandit’ robs 3 Houston banks while dressed as woman, FBI says

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times