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"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

Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch appears on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 28, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Loretta Lynch AG nomination clears committee with GOP votes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Asked how she would break with Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch said she would approach Congress with a different style — but didn't offer any of his legal stances where she took issue with him. (Associated Press)

Loretta Lynch, attorney general nominee, dodges questions, falls in line with Eric Holder

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, then-acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. US officials say President Barack Obama has picked Clancy as agency's director. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

RONALD KESSLER: Obama guarantees Secret Service failings

By Ronald Kessler

Rep. Deborah Wheeler, D-Northfield, asks a question during a committee hearing with the House Judicial Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 in Concord, N.H. Lawmakers are considering repealing a bill establishing 25-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Lawmakers consider abortion clinic buffer zone repeal

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Newly arrived people who were caught in Arizona by the U.S. Border Patrol are initially processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ariz. sheriff: Illegal immigrant criminals ‘heading to your neighborhoods’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (left) and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy led the confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch, President Obama's choice to run the Justice Department. Republicans acknowledged that she has the experience and independence for the position, and reserved their criticism for the man she is to replace: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Loretta Lynch called competent for attorney general, so Republicans turn criticism to Eric Holder

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, the outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauds new committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, after presenting Grassley a new gavel as the veteran senators hold an organizational meeting under the new Republican majority. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Patrick Leahy: Focus on Loretta Lynch’s credentials during confirmation

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Senators are worried that Loretta Lynch, who would become the nation's first black female attorney general, has too many similarities to Eric H. Holder Jr., who has had an adversarial relationship with the legislative branch. (Associated Press)

Loretta Lynch similarities to Eric Holder a red flag for Republicans

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have been urged to ask Loretta Lynch, nominee to be attorney general, about her plans to prosecute federal laws on obscenity. (Associated Press)

Senate urged to ask Loretta Lynch about stock fraud case

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Ms. Lynch is a tough prosecutor, more lawyer and prosecutor than politician, and thus very different from the man she is to replace. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Questions for Loretta Lynch, nominee for. U.S. attorney general

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch is seen in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, after President Barack Obama nominated her to be the next Attorney General succeeding Eric Holder. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama’s deportation amnesty trips up AG pick Loretta Lynch in confirmation talks

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch questioned over secret deal depriving fraud victims of $40M

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Clancy Testimony on Broken Secret Service Agency Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RONALD KESSLER: New Secret Service director should come from outside agency

By Ronald Kessler

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act in Washington in July, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

NSA phone snooping ban set for Senate vote

By Stephen Dinan and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, appears at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 29, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama to face immigration foe in incoming Judiciary chairman

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Nixon waves goodbye to staff members outside the White House after resigning on Aug. 9, 1974, following revelations of the Watergate and other scandals.

FEIN: Conditioning Senate confirmation of AG Holder’s successor

By Bruce Fein

From left, Raul Amador Sanchez, 7, from Georgia, Alexandra Diaz, 9, and her brother Andy Diaz, 7, both from Baltimore, Md., hold up signs as they join their parent during a news conference of immigrant families and children&#8217;s advocates responding to the President Barack Obama&#8217;s response to the crisis of unaccompanied children and families illegally entering the US, Monday, July 7, 2014, on the steps of St. John's Church in Washington. A top Obama administration official says no one, not even children trying to escape violent countries, can illegally enter the United States without eventually facing deportation proceedings. But Homeland Security Sec Jeh Johnson basically acknowledged Sunday that such proceedings might be long delayed, and he said that coping with floods of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is a legal and humanitarian dilemma for the US. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Two-thirds of illegal immigrant children approved for asylum: report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Tea Party Democrats?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES