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A man fills out a federal background check form at Good Guys Guns & Range on Feb. 15, 2018 in Orem, Utah.

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FBI To Start Using A 2nd Database For Gun Background Checks

2:21pm July 13, 2018

by Victoria Hansen

Dylann Roof was able to buy a gun two months before the Charleston church massacre because of a background check error. A new plan by the FBI aims to fix what critics call the "Charleston Loophole."

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray wait to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday.

Senators In Both Parties Find Ammunition In Justice Department IG Report

10:02pm June 18, 2018

by Miles Parks

The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Michael Horowitz and Christopher Wray about how the FBI and Department of Justice handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server.

A new Justice Department report faulted the decisions in 2016 made by then-FBI Director James Comey.

Report Condemns FBI Violations In 2016 Clinton Probe But Finds No Political Bias

9:28pm June 14, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

James Comey's actions, the report said, were "extraordinary and insubordinate," and none of his explanations amounted to a "persuasive basis for deviating from well-established department policies."

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FBI agent, Chase Bishop, is being charged with second-degree assault following accidental firing of his gun in a Colorado bar.

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FBI Agent Charged After Dance Move Resulted In Accidental Shooting

4:12pm June 13, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

After an agent's gun was fired inside a Colorado bar, he's now facing consequences and an internal FBI investigation.

President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, arrives for a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

WH: Kelly, Attorney Flood Didn't Stay For Secret Portions of Russia Briefings

8:14pm May 24, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The White House acknowledged that chief of staff John Kelly and President Trump's new attorney had "facilitated" secret briefings on the Russia probe but didn't sit in for them.

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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has been making public appearances all week as part of the tour for his new book.

FACT CHECK: No, Clapper Has Not 'Admitted That There Was Spying' On Trump Campaign

3:08pm May 24, 2018

by Philip Ewing

The former spy baron has been making the rounds on his book tour, but he did not say what Donald Trump claimed he said about FBI surveillance.

The FBI acknowledged this week it has significantly over-counted the number of encrypted phones it has failed to open.

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FBI Over-Counted Encrypted Phones Connected To Crimes — By A Lot

9:13pm May 23, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

For about seven months, the bureau has been telling Congress and the public that potential evidence on nearly 7,800 blocked devices continues to elude investigators. Those numbers are way off.

The home of Ildiko Krajnyak after it was searched by police on Wednesday night. She was killed in an explosion Tuesday at a spa she owned.

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FBI Arrests 'Rocket-Builder' Former Boyfriend Of Woman Killed In California Explosion

1:17pm May 17, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

He is suspected of possessing an unregistered destructive device, said the FBI, following an investigation into a blast on Tuesday which left Ildiko Krajnyak dead at the spa she owned.

This 2017 photo shows the man on the right, identified by local Hong Kong media as former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee, standing in front of a member of security at the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" painting at the Christie's showroo

Former CIA Officer Charged With Spying For China

2:13am May 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Jerry Chun Shing Lee left the Central Intelligence Agency in 2007, but in 2012, FBI agents searched his hotel room and found handwritten notes detailing the U.S. network of informants in China.

A sketch of the Golden State Killer, an individual associated with a spree of rapes and killings between 1976 and 1986. On Tuesday, police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo and named him as the suspect.

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After Arrest Of Suspected Golden State Killer, Details Of His Life Emerge

4:32pm April 26, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Joseph James DeAngelo has been charged with eight murders, and is suspected in dozens of other crimes. He had recently retired after working 27 years in a supermarket distribution center.