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FBI Director James Comey says an agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter during a 2007 criminal investigation, a ruse the news organization says could undermine its credibility. (Associated Press)

FBI admits agent impersonated AP reporter

By Chris Grygiel - Associated Press

FBI Director James Comey looks on during a news conference at the bureau's Salt Lake City office Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Comey met with state and local law enforcement leaders from Utah, Idaho and Montana during a visit to Utah Tuesday. Comey spoke to the media during his visit, part of a national tour of FBI offices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

FBI head: Difficult to ID Islamic State recruits

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Workers set up a giant advertisement for Apple's iPhone 6 which goes on sale in China, Friday, Oct 17 2014 in Beijing. China is one of Apple's largest and growing market where enthusiasts of the company's latest iPhone are willing to pay thousands of dollars to get their hands on the latest version. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

EDITORIAL: Apple and Google restrain the snoops

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FBI Director James Comey stark warning Thursday against smartphone data encryption that could hinder law enforcement. (Associated Press)

FBI claims ‘dark’ smartphone technology could hinder good guys

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Illustration on the threat to personal liberty posed by government intelligence gathering by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO: A euphemism for tyranny

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration on continuing threats to America by returning residents who were fighters with ISIS by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

BRUCE: It’s war, not ‘America’s Most Wanted’

By Tammy Bruce

FBI Director James B. Comey speaks during a news conference in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Comey spoke after the sentencing in federal court of Mohamed Mohamud, who was convicted last year of a terrorism charge. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

FBI: Militants may be working on plan to strike U.S.

Associated Press

FBI Director James Comey says an agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter during a 2007 criminal investigation, a ruse the news organization says could undermine its credibility. (Associated Press)

FBI’s James Comey: Chinese hackers like ‘drunk burglar’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

American journalist James Foley was killed by the Islamic State group Aug. 19, 2014. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FBI: Masked man in Islamic State beheading videos has been identified

Associated Press

This March 23, 2008 photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn. Sheriff's Office shows Douglas McAuthur McCain. On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, a U.S. official said McCain, a U.S. citizen, is believed to have been killed in Syria and was there to fight alongside a terrorist group, most likely the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hennepin County, Minn. Sheriff's Office)

Q-and-A on Westerners who join the fight in Syria

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

FBI Director James Comey takes a question during a news conference at the FBI field office in Denver, Wednesday Aug. 20, 2014. FBI Director James Comey says Islamic State extremists who executed journalist James Foley are "savages" and that the agency is helping investigate the killing. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

FBI chief calls Islamic terror group ‘savages’

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

FBI Director James Comey, backed by law enforcement personnel and prosecutors, addresses a news conference Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the FBI Minneapolis field office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Comey said the arrest Sunday of a Libyan militant in the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi is a very good day for law enforcement and added that the FBI's No. 1 priority remains counterterrorism. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

FBI sex trafficking sting nabs pimps, rescues 168 children

By Phillip Swarts and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, before a House Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the FBI fiscal 2015 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FBI opens criminal probe of VA after scandal

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama (left) speaks Feb. 9, 2012, in Washington about a settlement with the nation's five largest banks over foreclosures. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is in the background. (Associated Press)

Revived DOJ domestic terror unit sparks concern

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, before a House Appropriations, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the FBI fiscal 2015 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FBI director backtracks on marijuana comments, says he’s ‘dead-set’ against it

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks with FBI Director James Comey during Comey's installation as FBI director, Monday, Oct. 28,2013, at FBI Headquarters in Washington. The president said he picked Comey to lead the FBI after interviewing many other candidates for the job. The president said at an installation ceremony for the new FBI director Monday afternoon that it wasn't Comey's educational or professional background that made him the the choice. He said it was a sense that Comey knows what's right and what's wrong. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

James Comey: Americans ‘should be suspicious of government power. I am’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the FBI. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FBI head: Cyber crime posing ‘enormous challenge’

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

** FILE ** Senate Rules Committee member Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, joined by the committee's ranking member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz scolds FBI director on handling of IRS probe

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times