Newly leaked dossier on Trump circulated in DC for months

It was a bombshell story, emerging on the eve of Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect: U.S. intelligence officials had presented Trump with unsubstantiated claims that Russia had amassed compromising personal and financial allegations about him. The purported Russian efforts were described in a newly released and uncorroborated dossier produced in August.

Jared Kushner, Beware of Jamie Gorelick

More than a few of my Washington allies noticed a seemingly unremarkable bit of news in a Monday Washington Post article that they thought I ought to see. The article concerned Jared Kushner's appointment as adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump.

VW executive charged with fraud

Volkswagen AG has suffered a new setback after an executive was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States over the company's diesel emissions cheating and the automaker was accused of concealing the cheating from regulators. Oliver Schmidt, who was general manager in charge of VW's environmental and engineering office in Michigan, did not enter a plea at an initial appearance in US District Court in Miami on Monday and was ordered held pending a hearing on Thursday.

Brother of airport shooting suspect says U.S. government failed him

This booking photo provided by the Broward Sheriff's Office shows suspect Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. PENUELAS, Puerto Rico>> The brother of a man accused of killing five people at a Florida airport questioned Saturday why his brother was allowed to keep his gun after U.S. authorities knew he'd become increasingly paranoid and was hearing voices.

Suspect Seems to Have Had ‘No Specific Reason’ for Choosing Florida Airport for Attack

The suspected gunman who opened fire in a Florida airport baggage claim area on Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, appears to have gone to Fort Lauderdale "to carry out this horrific attack," the FBI said Saturday. But investigators have found "no specific reason" why suspect Esteban Santiago chose the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and have not determined a motive, for his attack, George Piro, special agent in chart of the FBI's Miami field office said at a press conference Saturday morning.

Fort Lauderdale airport suspect ‘came here specifically’ to attack, FBI says

Investigators believe the suspect in the fatal Fort Lauderdale airport shooting had been planning to carry out his attack for some time, law enforcement officials tell CNN. Accused shooter Esteban Santiago recently began selling his possessions, including his car, and friends and associates noticed more erratic behavior, investigators have learned from interviews with those who know him.

Esteban Santiago the Fort Lauderdale suspected gunman and ISIS…

PICTURED: Discharged military vet, 26, who shot dead five at Ft.Lauderdale airport baggage claim after telling FBI two months ago that he was being forced by the CIA to fight for ISIS Relatives of Ft.Lauderdale shooting suspect reveal how he 'lost his mind' after Iraq tour, was being prosecuted for strangling his ex and had been hospitalized with psychiatric problems Why was mentally ill Florida shooting suspect allowed to carry a gun and bullets in his luggage? A look at TSA and airline weapon guidelines in wake of lone shooter's rampage Esteban Santiago and the ISIS one-fingered salute: How Ft.Lauderdale shooting suspect made jihadi gesture in photo as authorities investigate his obsession with terror group Grandfather, 62, and a great grandmother celebrating her husband's 90th birthday are the first two victims identified in Ft.

FBI deletes details about hacking effort in document release

The FBI has released 100 pages of heavily censored documents related to its agreement with an unidentified vendor to hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, but it did not identify whom it paid to perform the work or how much it cost. The records were provided Friday in response to a federal lawsuit filed against the FBI by The Associated Press, Vice Media and Gannett, the parent company of USA Today.

Anti-white hate crimes make up 10.5 per cent of U.S. incidents: FBI stats

Four people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a Facebook live video showing a man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet. The horrific beating of a mentally disabled white man in Chicago by four black assailants broadcast on social media is highlighting anti-white hate crimes at a time of increased racial strife in the United States.

FBI releases documents related to San Bernardino iPhone

The FBI on Friday released 100 pages of heavily censored documents related to its agreement with an unidentified vendor to hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, but it did not identify whom it paid to perform the work or how much it cost. The records were provided in response to a federal lawsuit filed against the FBI by The Associated Press, Vice Media and Gannett, the parent company of USA Today.

Trump to Appoint Team to Recommend Cyber Defense Methods

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he'll seek a plan to "aggressively combat and stop cyberattacks" after meeting with intelligence agency chiefs whose conclusions he has openly questioned for months. "I had a constructive meeting and conversation with the leaders of the Intelligence Community this afternoon," Trump said in a statement following a briefing by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey and Central Intelligence Agency chief John Brennan Friday in New York.