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This undated file image that appeared on Lastrhodesian.com, a website being investigated by the FBI in connection with Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Roof, shows Roof posing for a photo while holding a Confederate flag. Roof is accused of killing nine people inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. (Lastrhodesian.com via AP, File)

Charleston church shooting victims sue FBI over gun buy

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2015, file photo, Edward Snowden appears on a live video feed broadcast from Moscow at an event sponsored by ACLU Hawaii in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

Edward Snowden finally identified as target of investigation that ended email company Lavabit

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., second from left, accompanied by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, listen to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, following their policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Internet history access bill defeated in Senate

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Senate Republicans rally behind expanding FBI’s online surveillance powers post-Orlando

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 20, 2016. A divided Senate hurtled Monday toward an election-year stalemate over curbing guns, eight days after Orlando's mass shooting horror intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but left them gridlocked anyway even over restricting firearms for terrorists. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senators announce bipartisan plan to break gun gridlock on no-fly list

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This undated file image shows Omar Mateen, who authorities say killed dozens of people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (MySpace via AP, File)

FBI partial transcript of 911 calls: Omar Mateen claimed to be ‘Islamic soldier’

By Andrea Noble and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A TSA officer (left) checks a passenger's ticket, boarding pass and passport as part of security screening at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Oct. 30, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FBI no-fly list revealed: 81,000 names, but fewer than 1,000 are Americans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"Why aren't we working on something that could actually get done?" pleaded Sen. Patrick Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who tried to broker a compromise after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, but saw those efforts doomed by the same gridlock that still prevails four years, and dozens of mass-shootings deaths, later. (Associated Press)

Gun control proposals again doomed by partisan gridlock

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is introduced by National Rifle Association executive director Chris W. Cox (left) and NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre as he takes the stage to speak at the NRA convention on May 20 in Louisville, Ky. (Associated Press)

NRA lobbyist agrees with Trump on gun-control scrutiny for terrorism watch list

By Andrea Noble and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FBI Director James Comey said a 10-month preliminary investigation was triggered when Omar Mateen told co-workers at a private security firm that he had family connections to al Qaeda and had mutual acquaintances with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombers. (Associated Press)

Has the FBI’s work been tainted by political correctness?

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

A biometric entry-exit system at U.S. ports has been required by law for years but has been difficult to build. (Associated Press/File)

Watchdog raises questions over FBI’s massive biometric system; databases contain 411 million images

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jeh Johnson: I won’t second-guess FBI on past probe of Orlando shooter

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, June 11, 2016, at a private hanger at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s speech needs some asterisks; Clinton’s relies on thin data

By Nancy Benac and Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press

FBI agents return to the scene of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, June 14, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

FBI under the gun after Orlando massacre

By Donald Lambro

FBI Director James Comey said a 10-month preliminary investigation was triggered when Omar Mateen told co-workers at a private security firm that he had family connections to al Qaeda and had mutual acquaintances with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombers. (Associated Press)

James Comey defends FBI’s handling of Omar Mateen investigation

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the massacre at a Orlando nightclub during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Orlando massacre shooter was ‘filled with hatred’

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Imam Muhammad Musri, center, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, addresses reporters while flanked by members of law enforcement and community leaders during a news conference after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Muslim leader says Orlando gunman acted alone even as FBI probes possibility of network

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the Orlando Police Department shows Omar Mateen, the shooting suspect at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. The gunman opened fire inside the crowded gay nightclub early Sunday before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. (Orlando Police Department via AP)

Police: Orlando gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS, cited Boston Marathon bombers

By Valerie Richardson and Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Omar Mateen opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub Sunday, police said. (Associated Press)

Omar Mateen on FBI radar as known ISIS sympathizer

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this July 27, 2014 file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and her husband, Syed Farook, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, File)

NSA lacked ability to hack San Bernardino iPhone, official admits

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times