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More proof FBI probe will likely reveal more than just leaks
My point: As I’ve been saying all along, the investigation of what went on at the FBI is likely to be bigger than just about leaks made by Baker and others.
https://nypost.com/2019/01/21/more-proof-fbi-probe-will-likely-reveal-more-than-just-leaks/?
House GOP revives long-shot FBI probe
“We’ve got to keep digging for the truth no matter what,” Jordan said, confirming that he is working with a handful of Republicans to continue the work of a joint effort with the Judiciary Committee that former chairmen Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte pursued last year.
https://politi.co/2FDdSO1
Barr’s first task as AG: Look at former FBI leaders’ conduct
During the Senate Judiciary Committee’s interview of attorney general nominee William Barr last Tuesday, committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked: “Are there rules on how you can do counterintelligence investigations in the FBI?”
Barr replied, “I believe there are.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/426171-barrs-first-task-as-ag-look-at-former-fbi-leaders-conduct
The FBI says its photo analysis is scientific evidence. Scientists disagree.
Much of the legal foundation for the unit’s work is rooted in a 22-year-old comparison of bluejeans. Studies on several photo comparison techniques, conducted over the last decade by the FBI and outside scientists, have found they are not reliable.
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/01/22/the-fbi-says-its-photo-analysis-is-scientific-evidence-scientists-disagree/
FBI’s probe into Trump’s Russia connections was out of bounds
As a matter of separation of powers, Congress can do it, yes, but the FBI needs actual hard evidence of a crime to proceed. Otherwise, what we have on our hands is an agency that can search out pretty much any soul it wants whenever it wants, the sort of thing you get in tyrannies. If you dislike a leader, someone whose politics you find threatening, for instance, then search here, there and everywhere for something foul.
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article224874540.html
State agency exposes 3TB of data, including FBI info and remote logins
Oklahoma’s Department of Securities (ODS) exposed three terabytes of files in plain text on the public internet this month, which contained sensitive data including social security numbers, details of FBI investigations, credentials for remote access to computers, and the names of AIDS patients.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/01/21/agency-that-opted-out-of-central-it-service-exposes-3tb-of-data/