Like Haman Being Hung on the Scaffold He Built for Mordechai

An online friend watching the week's events observes that they remind her of the villain Haman being hung on the very scaffold he had built to hang Mordechai. That sums up the week in which the federal investigators are themselves under investigation and the press is forced to recant the lies it has been publishing about the administration.

Hoover accountant pleads guilty to stealing $180k from employers, including UA’s Million Dollar Band

A Hoover man pleaded guilty Friday to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from two of his former employers, including a non-profit group that supported the University of Alabama's Million Dollar Band. Randall Sho Woods, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler to two counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.

Russian hackers reportedly discussed how to steal Clinton’s…

Hackers believed to be Russian discussed how to steal Hillary Clinton's emails from her private email server and transfer them to Michael Flynn via an intermediary, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing reports compiled by US intelligence agencies investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election. One of those intermediaries, according to the Journal, may have been a GOP operative named Peter W. Smith - an 80-year-old opposition researcher who assembled a team of t to track down hacking groups with access to the 33,000 emails Clinton deleted from her private email server that she said were personal in nature.

AK-47 Bandit, linked to Chino bank robbery, arrested in Nebraska; bombs found in Montana home

This undated image from surveillance video released by the FBI shows the suspect known as the AK-47 Bandit. Federal agents found homemade bombs in the Montana home of Richard Gathercole, a man they suspect is the “AK-47 Bandit,” who is wanted for a string of bank robberies and is accused of shooting at a Kansas state trooper, according to authorities and court documents filed Monday, June 26, 2017.

Q&A: A look at US-Canada border after airport stabbing

A traveler walks her bags up the roadway as a police officer guides traffic flow after Bishop International Airport reopens in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, June 21, 2017, after a police officer was stabbed at the airport. A Canadian man shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at the airport on Wednesday, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal officials said.

No recordings of talks with Comey: Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied having recorded conversations with James Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Trump fired last month. "I have no idea whether there are 'tapes' or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have any such recordings," Trump tweeted.

Senators Press Trump Officials for Details on Russia’s Hacks

Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the committee's top Democrat, unsuccessfully pressed government officials to disclose which states were the victims.