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Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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‘They have an election to rig’: FBI director’s warning of potential terror attack leads to explosion of conspiracy theories

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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FBI investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse revives claim of secret Chinese ‘remote towing’ technology

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Why conservatives are convinced the CIA just admitted Jan. 6 was an inside job

Dangerous Hooded Hacker Breaks into Government Data Servers and Infects Their System with a Virus. His Hideout Place has Dark Atmosphere, Multiple Displays, Cables Everywhere.

Notorious ransomware gang claims it pulled ‘classified and top secret documents’ from U.S. intelligence agencies

“Biggest expansion since the Patriot Act”:  Why a small provision in a new surveillance reform bill is raising serious concerns

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Release our men’: Far-right used power grid threats to try and blackmail government into freeing neo-Nazi  bank robbery suspects

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‘Not someone admitting to a federal crime in the comment section’: Conservative dating app could be helping FBI investigate Capitol rioters

Epik hack reveals prominent, Trump-supporting websites under subpoena investigation

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

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YouTube star Ice Poseidon reportedly raided by FBI

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‘They have an election to rig’: FBI director’s warning of potential terror attack leads to explosion of conspiracy theories

FBI investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse revives claim of secret Chinese ‘remote towing’ technology

Why conservatives are convinced the CIA just admitted Jan. 6 was an inside job

Notorious ransomware gang claims it pulled ‘classified and top secret documents’ from U.S. intelligence agencies

“Biggest expansion since the Patriot Act”: Why a small provision in a new surveillance reform bill is raising serious concerns

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Release our men’: Far-right used power grid threats to try and blackmail government into freeing neo-Nazi bank robbery suspects

‘Not someone admitting to a federal crime in the comment section’: Conservative dating app could be helping FBI investigate Capitol rioters

Epik hack reveals prominent, Trump-supporting websites under subpoena investigation

YouTube star Ice Poseidon reportedly raided by FBI

The ‘FBI agent watching me’ meme is about accepting mass surveillance

Want to reduce Chicago gun violence? Fund community programs, not police surveillance.

How a video game about sheep exposes the FBI’s broken FOIA system

Police documents reveal how law enforcement keep Stingray use secret

Encryption app Signal wins fight against FBI subpoena and gag order

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