Federal Bureau of Investigation

Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday.

The FBI headquarters in Washington DC. Photo: EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official who investigated Russian oligarchs has been indicted on charges he secretly worked for one, in violation of U.S. sanctions. The official was also charged, in a separate indictment, with taking cash from a former foreign security officer.

The Justice Department is set to release Friday a heavily blacked out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents.

The suit demanded that FBI turn over documents related to an investigation into Pitt after Jolie alleged that he had “physically & verbally assaulted” her & their children

The FBI recovered "top secret" and even more sensitive documents from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released on Aug. 12 after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the sudden, unprecedented search this week.

Former President Donald Trump called late Thursday for the "immediate" release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant, with Attorney

General Merrick Garland citing the "substantial public interest in this matter."

The first joint public appearance of the two officials took place at the headquarters of MI5 in London, writes the BBC.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that China is the "biggest long-term economic and national security threat" and that it is meddling in US domestic politics, including meddling in recent elections.

The head of the FBI and the leader of Britain's domestic intelligence agency raised fresh alarms Wednesday about the Chinese government, warning business leaders that Beijing is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain.

Fake emails purportedly from the US Department of Homeland Security warning of cyberattacks were sent out on Nov. 13 from a secure FBI computer server, computer security experts said.