The FBI is pushing for expanded power to eavesdrop on private Internet communications. The law enforcement agency wants to force online service providers to build wiretapping capabilities into their products. But a group of prominent computer security experts argues that mandating “back doors” in online communications products is likely to compromise the security of Americans’ computers and could even pose a threat to national security. Read More

Two FBI agents with the agency’s hostage rescue team have died in a training accident off the coast of Virginia, the FBI said Sunday. The agency identified them as special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40. Both were members of the elite team, which is based at Quantico, Va. Read More

Authorities involved in the ongoing investigation of the Boston Marathon attacks have identified female DNA on pieces of explosives used in the incident, though investigators caution against jumping to conclusions.

Word of the new DNA evidence came on the same day that FBI agents visited the home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow’s parents in suburban Providence, Rhode Island. Read More

Federal investigators are asking questions about a high-profile Twitter hack last week that briefly caused the markets to drop by around $136 billion in value before quickly rebounding.

A fraudulent tweet sent from the official Associated Press Twitter account on Tuesday announced that United States President Barack Obama was injured following an explosion at the White House. In a matter of only seconds Read More

Less than a week after SWAT police went house to house ripping families out of their homes during broad daylight in the manhunt that ensued following the Boston bombings, other police departments have seemingly taken a police state cue and followed suit. Read More

High-ranking FBI officials will face questioning by US lawmakers over whether they failed to spot red flags surrounding slain Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The officials will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee in a closed hearing later on Tuesday. Read More

Why did the FBI make a spectacle out of releasing the photos of the alleged Boston bombing suspects to the public feigning ignorance on who they were, asking for the public’s help to identify them, when they knew all along who they were?

Remember the FBI saying the following: Read More

The FBI has released images and video of its two suspects in the Boston Marathon attack, who the agent in charge said should be considered “armed and extremely dangerous.” The agency’s website crashed following the press conference. More info to come… Read More

The FBI has announced that a letter addressed to the White House has been quarantined after testing positive for the poison ricin. The agency said Wednesday evening that it had a suspect in custody.

Federal agents have arrested a man they believe mailed the letters to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker that “preliminarily tested positive” for the poison ricin. The FBI named a Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Mississippi as its arrest. Read More

The US Secret Service says a letter with a “suspicious substance” has been sent to President Obama. Meanwhile, US Capitol Police say they’re responding to a suspicious package in the Hart Senate Office Building. Authorities are evacuating the premises.

Officials say the letter has initially tested positive for ricin – a highly toxic oil made from castor beans. Read More

A privacy watchdog group is suing the FBI over the agency’s failure to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for documents involving a secretive and expansive database that could be used to track down anyone, anywhere and at any time.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the complaint [PDF] in United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for failing to comply with a pair of FOIA request placed more than six months ago. Read More

A Reddit user has been reported to the FBI for homicide by Redditors after confessing to the murder of his sister’s “meth addict” boyfriend online, using the popular ‘confession bear’ meme. Whether the confession was true remains unclear. Read More

During Barack Obama’s presidency there have been 32 background checks for gun purchases every minute.

Since February of 2009, the first full month of Obama’s presidency, there have been 70,291,049 background checks for gun purchases, according to data released by the FBI. Read More

Two FBI agents have allegedly interviewed former CIA director David Petraeus at his home, as part of an ongoing investigation into the extramarital affair he had with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.

FBI agents on Friday showed up at Petraeus’ house in Arlington, Virginia, to conduct an interview to further determine whether or not he had given his biographer classified information Read More

Update: This story has generated an outpouring of responses. To accommodate the continuing interest in this case, we have established a page (http://forms.fbi.gov/code) where the public can offer their comments and theories about the coded messages. Read More