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FBI Set Up Michael Flynn: “What is our goal? Truth/Admission or get him to lie”?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 29, 2020 91 Comments

Unsealed documents of a January 2017 interview with Michael Flynn, who was ultimately charged with making false statements to the FBI, certainly look like the entire point of the interview was "to get him to lie."

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DOJ IG Report: “We do not have confidence that the FBI” acted “in compliance with FBI policy” on FISA applications

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2020 64 Comments

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowowitz released a report today on FBI practices in making Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications to the FISA court. If the entire country were not focused (understandably) on the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, this would dominating the news.

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FBI Tactical Report Describes Chinese Biologist Carrying Viable SARS, MERS Viruses at Detroit Airport in 2018

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 31, 2020 31 Comments

An FBI tactical intelligence report obtained by Yahoo News describes an incident in November 2018, which shows that the agency had significant concerns about the bio-security threat posed by China.

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DOJ Won’t Pursue Criminal Charges Against Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 14, 2020 168 Comments

Friday, the Justice Department announced it would not pursue criminal charges against former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.

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Report: FBI Reviewing Claims Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 28, 2020 50 Comments

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a member of the AOC plus three "Squad" and has been embroiled in numerous controversies regarding her anti-Semitism and staunch support for the BDS movement.  Additionally, there have been questions about whether or not she has committed tax and/or immigration fraud.

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Justice Department Investigating if Comey Illegally Leaked Info on Russian Document

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 17, 2020 21 Comments

The Department of Justice has begun an investigation into whether then-FBI Director James Comey leaked classified information on a Russian document.

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FBI Apologizes for Deceiving FISA Court in Order to Surveil Carter Page

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 11, 2020 60 Comments

The FBI's shocking deceptions in obtaining FISA warrants against then-candidate Trump's foreign-policy adviser Carter Page have decimated what remained of their reputation and destroyed public trust.

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FISA Court Describes FBI’s Handling of Carter Page Warrant Applications as “antithetical to the heightened duty of candor”

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 17, 2019 74 Comments

The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court lashed out at the FBI's handling of the Carter Page warrant applications, demanding the bureau make changes by January 10.

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A Defiant Comey Defends FISA Process, Admits to His FBI’s ‘Real Sloppiness’

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 15, 2019 52 Comments

Here at LI, we've covered disgraced former FBI director James Comey throughout President Trump's candidacy and presidency.  His roles in the Russia hoax and the FBI's deceptive manipulation of the FISA process are unconscionable.

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Horowitz: ‘I Think the Activities We Found Here Don’t Vindicate Anybody Who Touched’ the FISA Applications

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 11, 2019 29 Comments

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz lashed out at the FBI during his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He released his report on the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe and FISA warrants on former Trump adviser Carter Page a few days ago.

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AG Barr Blasts FBI for Abusing the System in Russian Probe, the Press for Fanning ‘Largely Bogus Narrative’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 11, 2019 24 Comments

Attorney General William Barr sat down with NBC News a day after the release of IG Michael Horowitz's report on the FISA warrants on Carter Page and the origins of the Russia probe. Barr openly dismissed the findings in the report, mainly because it did not go deep enough, but also ripped the FBI and the press.

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If you were as deceptive with the FBI, as the FBI was with the FISA court, how quickly would you be charged?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2019 51 Comments

The report of DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign was as expected. As with his prior report on FBI Director James Comey's leaking of information, Horowitz provided a headline version allowing Comey and others to declare exoneration because no criminal referral, while the details were devastating.

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AG Barr: “FBI officials misled the FISA court, omitted critical exculpatory facts”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 09, 2019 29 Comments

The DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s 's report dropped earlier today, and U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham is questioning some of the conclusions in the report.

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Horowitz v. Durham — Dispute Over Russiagate Conclusions

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 21 Comments

U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the Russia-Trump collusion probe, disagreed with a few aspects of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report released today. “Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened,” said Durham.

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DOJ IG: Russia Probe Lawful, But Found ‘Serious Performance Failures’ by the FBI

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 31 Comments

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report on the origins of the Russia investigation, which is likely to please both sides of the political spectrum. The IG found justification to investigate the Russia investigation and did not find any "intentional misconduct or political bias." However, the investigators discovered many "significant" errors concerning the FISA warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

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FBI Treating Pensacola Naval Air Station Shooting as Terrorism

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 26 Comments

The FBI announced it will investigate the deadly shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Shooting as terrorism.

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Lisa Page Whines to Daily Beast One Week Before DOJ IG Report Release

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 02, 2019 30 Comments

The Daily Beast sat down with Lisa Page, the former FBI lawyer and mistress of former FBI agent Peter Strzok, a week before the Department of Justice will release its inspector general report into FBI misconduct. Page claimed she came forward now because President Donald Trump mocked her, but the sympathetic piece seems more like a way to get ahead of any damning information in the IG report.

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Report: Former FBI Lawyer Under Investigation for Allegedly Altering Carter Page FISA Document in Russia Probe

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 22, 2019 37 Comments

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will release his report next month on the ways the FBI received warrants using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Carter Page [featured image], who served as an aide for then-candidate Donald Trump. The report will include information about an FBI lawyer under criminal investigation for allegedly changing a document related to the documents used to obtain the warrant.

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