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Nassar would end up being accused of sexually assaulting at least 265 women, some of whom were famous U.S. gymnasts like Aly Raisman and Simone Biles, under the guise of medical treatment. He was sentenced in 2018 to 40-175 years in prison. The sharp rebuke from the IG is another black eye for the bureau, the public missteps of which over the last few decades have come under increased bipartisan criticism. Politically-motivated spying campaigns, being warned about earth-shattering tragedies bef...

Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges Published: 18 July 2021 18 July 2021 New York - A New York federal court unsealed an indictment Tuesday charging four Iranian nationals with conspiracies related to kidnapping, sanctions violations, bank and wire fraud, and money laundering. A co-conspirator and California resident, also of Iran, faces additional structuring charges. According to court documents, Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, aka Vezerat Salimi and Haj...

Iranians plotted to kidnap journalist in New York, charges U.S. 17 Jul 2021, 15:40 GMT+10 WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. prosecutors charged four Iranian intelligence operatives on Tuesday with conspiring to kidnap a New York journalist and human rights activist who was critical of Iran, according to a U.S. Justice Department indictment. Though the target of the plot was not named, Reuters has confirmed she is Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, who has worked with the U.S. government-funded Vo...

Tweet Iranian-American journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad details how the FBI protected her against a Tehran-ordered kidnapping plot. CREDIT: Twitter/AlinejadMasih The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday announced that it was indicting members of Iranian Intelligence Services for a plot to kidnap an American journalist and human rights activist. The charges against four Iranian nationals include conspiracy related to kidnapping, sanctions, violations, bank and wire fraud, ...

U.S. charges four with plot to kidnap New York journalist critical of Iran Reuters | Jul 14, 2021 10:58 PM EDT Masih Alinejad, 37, Iranian journalist, poses for a portrait in London (Photo : REUTERS/Toby Melville) U.S. prosecutors have charged four Iranians, alleged to be intelligence operatives for Tehran, with plotting to kidnap a New York journalist and human rights activist who was critical of Iran, according to a Justice Department indictment unsealed on Tuesday. In recent years, Iranian i...

US charges four with plot to kidnap journalist critical of Iran © Provided by Al Jazeera Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad has contributed to the Voice of Americas (VOA) Persian-language service and reports on human rights issues in Iran [File: Brendan McDermid/Reuters] US prosecutors have charged four Iranians, alleged to be intelligence operatives, with conspiring to kidnap a New York journalist who was critical of Tehran, according to a Justice Department indictment. While the ...

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the leading minority member of the 2016 Gang of Eight (intelligence oversight) when she previously held Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the full transcript of the Judiciary Committee interview with Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson. The transcript was released over the objections of Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley who is investigating the role of Fusion-GPS and their “Steele Dos...

Mariam Taha Thompson admitted that she believed she was passing classified national defense information that would ultimately end up in the hands of Lebanese Hezbollah.

Statement by Director Christopher Wray before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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