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The FBI headquarters in Washington is seen here on Feb. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

Ex-FBI agent charged with evidence tampering, heroin theft

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's easy for Congress to meddle with the District of Columbia's decision to legalize recreational use of marijuana, but taking on the states is a different matter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chuck Grassley blasts FBI’s handling of whistleblowers

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Retired Marine Corps Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a close military adviser to President Obama, was reportedly the target of a Justice Department criminal investigation into leaks to The New York Times. (Associated Press)

Obama protects generals in leak probes while low-level employees go to jail

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias hold a demonstration on Sept. 21, 2012, against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FBI warns that more young Americans turning to Islamic State: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

"Whistleblowers are kind of treated like a skunk at a picnic, and I hope you'll do all you can to reverse that," Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins at a hearing Wednesday. (Associated Press)

FBI must change whistleblower-retaliation culture: lawmakers

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

"The FBI's whistleblower process is broken," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. His committee will dig into such accusations Wednesday, demanding better protections and oversight for those brave enough to come forward. (Associated Press)

FBI email warns whistleblower of retaliation if surveillance program concerns reported

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Leaked information shows nepotism landed a young agent a prime job in the office of FBI Director James B. Comey. (associated press)

FBI surveillance teams frustrated by nepotism and internal politics

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court was hearing the free-speech dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and the Topeka, Kan., church. The case focuses on whether the church has the right to protest at funerals. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FBI kept extensive file on Westboro Baptist Church’s leader Fred Phelps

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

Syrian refugees gather near their tent after recent stormy weather and snowfalls at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, in this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo. The Obama administration's commitment to taking in thousands of Syrian refugees is raising national security concerns among some law enforcement officials and Republican lawmakers. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

U.S. looks to aid Syrian refugees amid security concerns

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

An FBI agent waits to receive his assigned weapon. (Image: FBI.gov) **FILE **

FBI urges metadata spy power renewal: Terror suspects ‘going dark’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, in this Monday, June 16, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo, File)

3 arrested in N.Y., Florida in plot to join Islamic State

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Terrence Lavaron Thomas, 39, was arrested in Detroit Saturday after he allegedly stabbed two men at a bus stop when they told him they weren't Muslim. (Southfield Police Department via Detroit Free Press)

Muslim man stabs two at Detroit-area bus stop after asking their religion: police

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat (Associated Press)

FBI surveillance tactics jeopardized by fight over NSA phone snooping program

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Namee Barakat, center, watches during funeral services for his son, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in Wendell, N.C. Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were found dead Tuesday at their home near the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus. Charged with three counts of first-degree murder is Craig Stephen Hicks. (AP Photo/The News &amp; Observer, Chuck Liddy)

FBI examining 3 Muslims slain in North Carolina; family says it was hate crime

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FBI Director James Comey discusses race and law enforcement, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at Georgetown University in Washington. Comey said the nation is at a “crossroads” on matters of race relations and law enforcement, saying the country must confront hard truths following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and the slayings of two police officers in New York. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

James Comey, FBI director: Don’t scapegoat all police when wider race problems exist

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Faisal Gill (Screen shot from abcnews.go.com)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Faisal Gill: When being surveilled becomes badge of honor

By Kyle Shideler

The Rev. Billy Graham (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association) ** FILE **

Franklin Graham charity, Samaritan’s Purse, sent suspicious powder

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Gulet Mohamed, left, leaves the federal court in Alexandria, Va., with his attorney, Gadeir Abbas, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, after a hearing challenging his placement on the government's no fly list, Aug. 16, 2013. The FBI on Jan. 29, 2015, added Liban Haji Mohamed, a former taxi driver from northern Virginia to its list of most wanted terrorists, saying he was a recruiter for the al-Shabab terror group in Somalia. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Liban Haji Mohamed, suspected terrorist, added to FBI’s most-wanted terror list

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. A Somali intelligence official says Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a $3 million bounty on his head, has surrendered to police in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

FBI seeking Virginia cabbie with ties to terrorists

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times