5 things to know about Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI
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“Patel elaborated on his upbringing and background in his 2023 book, Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy.” - CPost
How the ‘Deadly Force’ Lie Swept Through the MAGA Media Ecosystem
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“Numerous media figures parroted false claims about the FBI’s 2022 search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.” - The Dispatch
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Politicians, Catholic advocacy groups, and the FBI clash over FBI investigations of ‘Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology’
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FBI Struggled to Define ‘Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology’ in Memo on Extremism: Report - National Review
House panel releases report on FBI’s targeting of traditional Catholics - CPost
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Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched full Trump-Russia probe
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“Despite acknowledging the FBI had sufficient reason to open… a preliminary investigation, the report states that the bureau should not have gone as far as opening a full probe into whether individuals associated with the Trump campaign were coordinating with the Russian government.” - CNN
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FBI Arrests Suspect in Mother’s Day Firebombing of a Pro-life Pregnancy Center
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“Today’s arrest demonstrates the FBI’s commitment to vigorously pursue those responsible for this dangerous attack and others across the country, and to hold them accountable for their criminal actions.” - DOJ
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Helping Churches Feel Safe
Editor’s note: This article is Reposted from FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, November 2022, and is written with law enforcement readers in mind. It is reproduced here because much of the information is also of use to church leaders evaluating their security arrangements.
By Royce Stephens
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FBI Raids Mar-a-Lago: What Does it Mean?
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“What does it all mean? How does a federal investigation of a senior official work, and what happens next? Plus: some possible theories and explanations that might shed some light on the events of yesterday.” - The Dispatch Podcast
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Sikhs Most Targeted Religious Group in US after Jews and Muslims, Indicates FBI Report
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“Around 60 incidents of hate crimes against Sikhs were reported to the FBI in 2018, making the community the third most commonly targeted religious group after Jews and Muslims in the US, according to an annual report released by the bureau.” - PTI
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The FBI’s William Gawthrop told his audience that the fight against al-Qaida is a “waste,” compared to the threat presented by the ideology of Islam itself.
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FBI Trainer Says Forget ‘Irrelevant’ al-Qaida, Target Islam “ ‘The best strategy for undermining militants,’ Gawthrop suggested, ‘is to go after Islam itself. To undermine the validity of key Islamic scriptures and key Muslim leaders.’” “’If you remember Star Wars, that ventilation shaft that goes down to into the depths of the Death Star, they shot a torpedo down there.
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