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As you know November 11, 2018 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War. As a reminder, today we call it ‘Veterans Day’ but for years a previous generation of Americans solemnly referred to it as ‘Armistice Day’ and wore a poppy on their lapels to remember those American […]

The pelting rain over Long Island on the morning of last August 4th was no match for the excitement everyone felt at the ceremony marking the inclusion of the “Benson House” on the National Register of Historic Places. Officially referred to as the “Wading River Radio Station,” the Benson House now joins an elite group […]

I was interviewed for another article in Circa: The Justice Department, Department of State and Government Accountability Office are looking into three employees affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) after they were featured in a secretly recorded sting video. The video purports to show the employees may have committed ethics violations or used […]

One morning the lives of two men tragically intersected leaving one of them dead four days later and the other facing a lifetime in prison. The date was April 29, 1992. Sydney Reso was the victim. A fifty-seven-year-old father of five and a vice president for international affairs with the Exxon Oil Company, the Louisiana […]

I was interviewed for an article in Circa: Plagued by leaks, President Donald Trump will be asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to launch an investigation into the author of the anonymous opinion piece published Wednesday by the New York Times. Citing national security concerns, Trump said Friday that Sessions “should be investigating who the author of […]

The Department of Justice Office of Inspector General today released their report on various actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice in advance of the 2016 election. A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election (pdf)  

Two months ago New York governor Andrew Cuomo placed the FBI’s top secret World War II Wading River Radio Station on the New York State Register of Historic Places. I am thrilled to report that on May 4, 2018 the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service followed suit by listing it on National […]

I was interviewed along with other former FBI Special Agents by Circa National Politics Reporter Leandra Bernstein for this article: Did the FBI spy on the Trump campaign? (Circa) On Monday, President Donald Trump met with FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after the president demanded an investigation into whether his […]

This op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal and below is my response to it. RAYMOND BATVINIS, PhD RESPONSE: I am writing in response to Professor Justin Walkers editorial entitled The FBI Was Dangerous When It Was Independent published in The Wall Street Journal on March 26, 2018. I’ll start with Walker’s assertion that […]

Given the gravity of the controversy swirling around the Trump/Comey private Trump Towers and White House meetings and Comey’s recently published book “A Higher Loyalty” I am posting James Comey’s memos recounting those conversations. Right now they are the best evidence of what occurred. They’re critical for both prosecutors, the president’s lawyers and generations of […]

April 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the FBI’s largest manhunt for James Earl Ray, killer of Martin Luther King, Jr. This article by Susan E. Lloyd (FBI 1979-2004) was published in the April 2018 issue of The Grapevine, a publication of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. Because of the breadth of […]

The FBI’s legal attache in London during World War II received espionage, counterespionage and intelligence decrypts of ULTRA messages which were then sent to the FBI offices in America as leads. The FBI’s codename for these messages was called OSTRICH. I explain more about these files in this short video: FILES OSTRICH File 1 .pdf […]

HPSCI memo released to the public on 2 February 2018: HPSCI Memo: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (pdf) HPSCI minority memo: Correcting the Record–The Russian Investigations (pdf)

Over the next few months I’ll be posting various FBI files that researchers of FBI World War II investigations and activities may find useful. The first in the series is the complete Index (OF10b) of FBI reports that J. Edgar Hoover sent to the White House from September 1, 1939 until President Roosevelt’s death on […]

I wrote this FBI history article which appeared in the October/November 2017 issue of The Grapevine, published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. – November 16, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the opening of the FBI Legal Attaché Office in wartime London by a 28-year-old Special Agent named Arthur Thurston. It […]

This FBI history article appeared in the August 2017 issues of The Grapevine, published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. The article was written by by David H. Cutcomb (FBI 1968-1988). Marsh Chapel Sanctuary Event (pdf) In 1968, as an FBI Agent assigned to the Boston Office and a Marine veteran of […]

This FBI history article appeared in the July 2017 issues of The Grapevine, published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. The article was written by by Greg Stejskal (FBI 1975-2006) 3:10 To Marquette: The Manhunt and Capture of Vincent Loonsfoot in the North Woods of Michigan (pdf) In the summer of 1988, Vincent […]

I had the honor of being interviewed for the podcast “FBI Retired Case File Review” with Jerri Williams, which is a true crime podcast where she interviews retired agents about their high-profiled Bureau cases. For my interview, I reviewed the history of the FBI’s counterintelligence program and past and current investigations of Russian interference in U.S. policies. […]