Kash Patel’s Loyalty to Trump Raises Doubts Over F.B.I.’s Independence During President Trump’s first term, demanding personal loyalty didn’t always work; stocking top jobs with loyalists is the tack now. At the F.B.I., this entails bucking its institutional history.

FBI’s warrantless ‘backdoor’ searches ruled unconstitutional Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeFollowing years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall decided that these “b…

Wave of Racist Texts After Election Prompts F.B.I.’s Scrutiny Offensive messages were reported across the South and from New York to California.