it’s never good to find your data locked up.
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Police experience in crisis and hostage negotiation could come in handy when dealing with cybercriminals who have, effectively, kidnapped data.
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The second feature from the creator of Brass Eye and Four Lions is a savage spoof on the FBI’s counter-terrorism strategy.
Civil rights activist Dorothy Cotton teaches a student in one of her Citizenship Education Program classes.
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Dorothy Cotton never publicly spoke about her intimate relationship with King. But no woman – not even King’s wife – was closer to the civil rights icon during the last years of his life.
According to FBI memos, King witnessed and encouraged a rape in a hotel room.
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King was once thought of as a saint beyond reproach. It eventually emerged that he was a womanizer. But we now have to ask the unthinkable: Did King enable abuse?
On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., addresses marchers during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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Publication was justified of information from the FBI that Martin Luther King Jr. witnessed and celebrated a woman’s rape, writes a historian, who warns the FBI had long wanted to destroy King.
Clockwise from top left, Georgetown University, Stanford University, Yale University, and University of California, Los Angeles.
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Even if wealthy parents don’t resort to the kind of illegal tactics in the recent college cheating scandal revealed by the FBI, the college admission process still favors the rich, scholars argue.
A small memorial for Srinivas Kuchibhotla outside Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas.
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Law enforcement officials aren’t trained in recognizing hate crimes, leaving national numbers on these attacks unreliable.
Gavin McInnes speaks on stage with members of the Proud Boys.
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Law enforcement’s historical tendency to treat crimes committed by white power groups as isolated incidents has allowed them to flourish.
Chicago is often invoked in political debates on crime.
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What’s really the most dangerous American city? The way crimes are currently counted in the US can easily confuse and mislead.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal.
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An American pilot. A German aide on Capitol Hill. In the first and second world wars, the FBI effectively uprooted foreign influence campaigns. Today, the agency faces an uphill battle.
Hate crimes increased in many major cities in 2016 and 2017.
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In 38 US cities, hate crimes rose 12 percent in 2017. There were 1,038 hate crimes in the nation’s 10 largest cities – the most in more than a decade.
The FBI Building in Washington, DC.
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An informant gathered information from Trump campaign staffers for the FBI’s Russia probe. An historian writes that informants are one of the most basic ways the FBI and police investigate.
Former FBI Director James Comey.
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Here are three lessons that former FBI Director James Comey, took from the 20th-century American Christian philosopher, Reinhold Niebuhr.
Copies of the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey.
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Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
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25 years ago, the Waco siege became a symbol of government attacks on religious and civil liberties.
Fire engulfs the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas on April 19, 1993.
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The story of the Waco siege is a story of how the media and the government can work in concert to shape a narrative and dehumanize victims.
Hackers can interfere with everyday efforts to keep the lights on.
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It’s easier to see how customers benefit from increased grid security than it is to justify making them pay for it.
David Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks at a rally calling for more gun control.
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The story behind the conspiracy theory that claims Florida shooting survivors are ‘crisis actors’ coached by the FBI.
A smartphone is a digital form of ID for many apps and services.
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Smartphones are key elements of two-factor authentication processes. Weakening their security threatens people’s digital identities.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes.
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An expert on secrecy in government explains the downsides and limits of transparency.