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Antiwar.com Original June 22, 2021 should go down as a dark day in the history of the First Amendment. On that date, the U.S. Justice Department seized control of dozens of Iranian websites. According to a Justice Department press release, the federal authorities seized 33 websites operated by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU), which is "linked" to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In October 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated IRTVU as a Speciall...

Statement by Director Christopher Wray before the Senate Judiciary Committee

The obscure Investigations and Threat Management Service (ITMS) used tactics, including broad keyword searches on employee emails and scouring Americans’ social media for criticism of the census, to gather information on hundreds of people inside and outside the department, documents and interviews show.

Commerce Department security unit evolved into counterintelligence-like operation, Washington Post examination found Shawn Boburg An American flag flies outside the Commerce Department headquarters in Washington. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) An obscure security unit tasked with protecting the Commerce Department’s officials and facilities has evolved into something more akin to a counterintelligence operation that collected information on hundreds of people inside and out...

increase font size Commerce Department security unit evolved into counter-intelligence-like operation An obscure security unit tasked with protecting the Commerce Departments officials and facilities has evolved into something more akin to a counterintelligence operation. By Shawn BoburgThe Washington Post Share An obscure security unit tasked with protecting the Commerce Department’s officials and facilities has evolved into something more akin to a counterintelligence operation that colle...

Washington, D.C. March 2, 2021 Statement for the Record Good morning, Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Grassley, and members of the committee. I am honored to be here, representing the men and women of the FBI. Our people—nearly 37,000 of them—are the heart of the Bureau. I am proud of their service and their commitment to our mission. Every day, they tackle their jobs with perseverance, professionalism, and integrity—sometimes at the greatest of costs. Just last month, two of our agents m...