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Explaining the rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the US
FBI data show that in 2015 anti-Muslim hate crimes spiked to the highest level since 2001. A scholar finds political rhetoric correlates to both sharp increases and decreases in hate crime.
Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?
Did the attorney general help create a false story on why Comey was fired? Sessions' testimony to Congress provides no answers.
What James Comey’s gripping Senate hearing told us about Donald Trump
Russia is dangerous, the president lied, and now it's up to the special counsel.
Ivan Maisky’s diaries offer a spying masterclass that is still relevant today
The Soviet ambassador to London showed that charm and contacts can trump espionage when it comes to gathering information.
J Edgar Hoover’s oversteps: Why FBI directors are forbidden from getting cozy with presidents
Hoover abused his power as FBI director to serve presidents' interests. The reforms that followed were set up to prevent it from happening again.
Mueller’s threats to resign reveal his character
How will Mueller perform as special counsel? A historian compares his actions with another former FBI director to find out.
Comey isn’t the first FBI director to keep memos on a president
Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
What is classified information, and who gets to decide?
A professor who once held top secret clearance explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
Why Trump’s White House leaks
Whispering secrets is a sign of a lack of trust.
The firing of James Comey: Psychology helps explain what Trump got wrong
The author of a seminal work in the field of political psychology reveals two big mistakes the president made.
The FBI: With great power comes great scandal
An FBI historian tells stories from the agency's ups and downs over 109 years and four dismissed directors.
Trump sacking his FBI director is not his Watergate… yet
And the president could learn plenty from the fate of a complacent Richard Nixon.
Comey sacking won’t stop intelligence leaks or prevent an investigation
Trump's sacking of his FBI director won't stop intelligence leaks – or the official investigation into alleged Russian interference in the US election.
Comey’s firing may end other investigations into 2016 election
Attorney general recommendation to fire FBI Director James Comey disregarded crucial internal Justice Department investigation.
Donald Trump fires FBI director and a new national nightmare takes off
The White House's absurd rationale for firing Comey could mask something deeply disturbing.
FBI’s Russia probe threatens a reckoning for team Trump
The slow drip of leaks about the Trump team's Russian connections has given way to something much more threatening.
Bypassing encryption: ‘Lawful hacking’ is the next frontier of law enforcement technology
The technical consensus is clear: Adding 'backdoors' to encryption algorithms weakens everyone's security. So what are the police and intelligence agencies to do?
With Comey gone, how can Congress investigate Russia, Trump and the 2016 election?
Research on more than 50 government investigations reveals how partisanship can get in the way of finding answers we all agree on.
Q&A with Yale scholar: How the FBI has meddled in politics before
A historian and biographer of J. Edgar Hoover answers questions on how FBI director James Comey is handling a position with a dark past.
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W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University
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Senior Lecturer in American History, University of the West of England
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Lecturer in International Relations, Swansea University
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Lecturer, Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sports Enterprise, University of Salford
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Commonwealth Fund Professor of American History, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Birmingham
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