Articles by Devlin Barrett

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  FBI in Internal Feud Over Clinton Probe

  October 30, 2016 03:34 p.m.

  As federal agents prepare to scour roughly 650,000 emails discovered on a laptop for possible links to Hillary Clinton’s private server, the case lays bare growing tensions within the FBI and Justice Department over how to investigate the Democratic nominee.

  • Clinton’s Campaign Hits Back at FBI Chief
  • Campaigns Scramble to Shape Race’s Final Days

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  Justice Officials Warned Against Comey’s Letter on Clinton Emails

  October 29, 2016 10:14 p.m.

  Justice Department officials warned that sending the letter to Congress would contradict the department’s long-established election policy, according to people familiar with the discussions.

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  FBI Discovered Emails Related to Clinton During Probe of Weiner’s Texts

  October 28, 2016 08:01 p.m.

  The FBI has uncovered and is reviewing new evidence in connection with its investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email server, a probe that the FBI had closed this summer.

  • Read the FBI Director’s Letter to Congress

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  Private Prison Firm CCA to Rename Itself CoreCivic

  October 28, 2016 11:00 a.m.

  The private prison firm CCA  is renaming itself CoreCivic as it seeks to diversify into prisoner re-entry programs, building jails, and maintaining them, rather than just guarding and operating the facilities.

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  Clinton Ally Aided Campaign of FBI Official’s Wife

  October 24, 2016 04:41 p.m.

  The political organization of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat with longstanding ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, gave nearly $500,000 to the election campaign of the wife of an official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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  Record Immigrant Numbers Force Homeland Security to Search for New Jail Space

  October 21, 2016 05:30 a.m.

  Homeland Security officials are quietly scrambling to find 5,000 more prison and jail beds to handle a record number of undocumented immigrants being detained in the U.S.

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  Russian Hacker Suspected of LinkedIn Attack Arrested in Czech Republic

  October 19, 2016 03:00 p.m.

  A Russian hacker suspected of carrying out a major hack of LinkedIn has been arrested in the Czech Republic, and the U.S. is seeking to extradite him to face trial in San Francisco.

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  Retired General Pleads Guilty to Lying in Leak Probe

  October 17, 2016 09:33 p.m.

  A retired four-star general has pleaded guilty to a charge that he lied to investigators who were examining leaks about secret U.S. government hacking efforts directed at Iran’s nuclear program.

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  FBI Documents Show State Department Fought Classification of Clinton Emails

  October 17, 2016 07:35 p.m.

  Newly released documents show a senior State Department official pressured the FBI not to mark as classified a Hillary Clinton email about Benghazi.

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  Feds Charge 3 Kansas Men With Plotting to Bomb Muslims

  October 14, 2016 06:37 p.m.

  Federal agents have arrested three suspected militia members in Kansas on charges they were planning a bomb attack on Somali Muslim immigrants.

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  Internal Homeland Security Memo Seems to Contradict Agency Claims

  October 13, 2016 06:15 p.m.

  An internal Department of Homeland Security memo appears to contradict claims by the agency that there is no budget shortfall as a result of a surge in immigrants detained at the U.S.-Mexican border.

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  FBI Suspects Russia in Hack of Podesta Emails

  October 12, 2016 08:24 p.m.

  Top Russian officials meanwhile shifted away from denying a role in separate hacking of the Democratic National Committee, with President Vladimir Putin saying it is irrelevant who stole the computer records.

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  Funding to Detain Illegal Immigrants Is Running Dry

  October 11, 2016 07:29 p.m.

  The Department of Homeland Security is a month away from running out of money to detain illegal immigrants.

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  Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Face Criminal Contempt Charge

  October 11, 2016 06:25 p.m.

  Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff famous for his aggressive pursuit of undocumented immigrants, will face a criminal contempt-of-court charge for defying a judge’s order to stop conducting immigration patrols in the state.

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  NSA Contractor Charged With Stealing Classified Secrets

  October 5, 2016 10:56 p.m.

  The FBI has charged a government contractor with stealing classified secrets, part of what officials said was a probe into how key U.S. computer-spying tools were removed from the National Security Agency.

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  Gun-Show Customers’ License Plates Come Under Scrutiny

  October 2, 2016 07:35 p.m.

  Federal agents have persuaded police officers to scan license plates to gather information about gun-show customers, government emails show, raising questions about how officials monitor constitutionally protected activity.

• Giuliani Says Trump a ‘Genius’ in 1995 Tax Return, Sanders Says It’s Outrageous

  October 2, 2016 11:12 a.m.

  Top political surrogates for Donald J. Trump defended him amid revelations that he could have legally avoided paying income tax for years, while Sen. Bernie Sanders called the development "outrageous."

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  Wells Fargo Reaches Settlement Over Car Repossessions

  September 29, 2016 04:35 p.m.

  Wells Fargo & Co. has reached a settlement with the Justice Department and federal regulators over allegedly improper repossessions of cars belonging to members of the U.S. military, according to people familiar with the deal.

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  FBI Identifies Men Sought in Bomb Bag Video

  September 28, 2016 04:44 p.m.

  Two men wanted as witnesses in the New York bombing investigation after they removed a bag apparently left by the bomber have been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to officials close to the case.

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  Director Defends FBI’s Action in Clinton Email Probe

  September 28, 2016 02:35 p.m.

  The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation sparred repeatedly with Republican lawmakers Wednesday as they questioned the handling of the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was Secretary of State.