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**FILE** James Comey will be nominated by President Obama to replace FBI Director Robert Mueller. (Associated Press)

Senate approves Comey as new FBI chief

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

James B. Comey was confirmed by the Senate to become FBI director Monday via a 93-1 vote, with Sen. Rand Paul the only dissenter. Mr. Comey, who served as deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush, succeeds Robert S. Mueller III. "James Comey has big shoes to fill," said Sen. Patrick J. Leahy. (Associated Press)

Sen. Rand Paul is lone dissenter as James Comey confirmed for FBI post

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

FBI says it doesn’t need warrant to use drones

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This June 23, 2011, booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger, one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives, captured in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. (AP Photo/ U.S. Marshals Service, File)

Ex-FBI agent says James ‘Whitey’ Bulger denied informant role

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Alejandro N. Mayorkas is director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. (Associated Press)

Homeland Security nominee is linked to visa for Chinese investor

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist group's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Human rights group to restore FBI’s ‘Faces of Global Terrorism’ ads despite racism claims

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Runner Bob Leonard captured pictures of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on April 15, 2013, in Boston. Tamerlan Tsarnaev (third from left), who was dubbed Suspect No. 1, and his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was dubbed Suspect No. 2 by law enforcement, are pictured approximately 10 to 20 minutes before the blasts. (AP Photo/Bob Leonard)

Lawmakers accuse FBI of stonewalling Boston Marathon bombing inquiries

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Rand Paul threatens to block nominee, again, over drones

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FBI director nominee James B. Comey Jr. knocked down the notion that federal judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rubber stamp surveillance requests during testimony Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
(Associated Press)

FBI director nominee Comey defends FISA court, surveillance in Senate hearing

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Paula Deen

Paula Deen: N.Y. man charged with trying to extort celebrity cook

Associated Press

James "Whitey" Bulger, who was one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives, is pictured in a booking photo on June 23, 2011. He was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. (Associated Press/U.S. Marshals Service)

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger lashes out at ‘liar’ FBI witness

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Faraj al Chalabi (credit: The Washington Free Beacon)

Benghazi attack suspect walks: Libyans release key player in consulate ambush

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

NFL criminal cases put focus on vetting

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

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EDITORIAL: Affirmative action for terrorists

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist group's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Racist or reality? FBI pulls ‘Faces of Global Terrorism’ ads

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Michael Hastings, an award-winning journalist and war correspondent shown in an undated photo, died early Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. (AP Photo/Blue Rider Press/Penguin)

Journalist Michael Hastings’ last email: The FBI’s investigating me

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The famous wood-chipper machine scene from the 1996 film Fargo.

Jimmy Hoffa: Wood chipper determined union boss’ final resting place outside Detroit: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

NSA data gathering gave little help in 4 terrorism investigations

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, of Galway, N.Y., leaves the federal courthouse in shackles after being arraigned Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Federal authorities accused Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, N.Y. of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. (AP Photo/The Albany Times Union, Skip Dickstein)

FBI charges 2 with plot to build lethal mobile X-ray machine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times