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FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. Wray said the agency provided the White House with information twice last year about Rob Porter, the top Trump aide who resigned as staff secretary last week after domestic violence allegations from two ex-wives became public. Wray said the bureau closed its background investigation on Porter in January, weeks before the allegations were published. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FBI Counters White House on Aide Probe

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressFebruary 14, 2018

In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo an iPhone is seen in Washington. A new lawsuit claims the government’s practice of searching laptops and cellphones at airports and border crossings is unconstitutional because modern electronic devices carry troves of private information. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Lawsuit Targets Electronic Device Searches at Border

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressSeptember 14, 2017

FILE - This file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo. No need to duck and cover just yet. U.S. intelligence officials are pretty sure North Korea can put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental missile that could reach the United States. Experts aren’t convinced the bomb could survive the flight to America. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea Still Mastering How to Send a Nuke to U.S.

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressAugust 13, 2017

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies to the House Intelligence Committee task force on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, as part of the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. Officials Underscore Russia ’16 Effort

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Richard Lardner Associated PressJune 21, 2017

From left, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, and National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers are seated during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Intel Directors Won’t Discuss Trump Talks

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressJune 7, 2017

FILE - In this May 3, 2017 file photo, then-FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Comey, ousted last month amid a federal investigation into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign, is set to testify before Congress next week in a highly anticipated hearing that could shed new light on his private conversations with the president in the weeks before the firing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

U.S. Senate to Hear From Comey

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressJune 1, 2017

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, dawn arrives at the now closed Camp X-Ray, which was used as the first detention facility for al-Qaida and Taliban militants who were captured after the Sept. 11 attacks at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Following a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given one senator the first-ever, unclassified report detailing the suspected militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees at or recently released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a report that will likely fuel debate over shutting it down.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Report Will Fuel Debate Over Guantanamo Prison

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressAugust 10, 2016

President Barack Obama talks before signing the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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U.S. Says Up to 116 Civilians Killed in Counterterror Drone Strikes

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressJuly 2, 2016

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2012, file photo Bob Graham speaks in Gainesville, Fla.. The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers. Graham and others say the documents point suspicion at the Saudis. Graham says an Obama administration official told him that intelligence officials will decide in the next several weeks whether to release at least parts of the documents, a disclosure that comes at a time of strained U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia, a long-time American ally. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File)

Release of 9/11 Secret Pages Expected Soon

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressApril 25, 2016

Ruins are seen at al-Qaryatain city in the central city of Homs, Syria on Monday, April 4, 2016. Syrian troops and allied militiamen pressed on with an offensive against Islamic State militants in central Syria on Monday, clashing with the extremists around the town of Qaryatain a day after it was captured by pro-government forces.(AP Photo)

Reports Conflict on Iranian Pullout

by Deb Riechmann Associated PressApril 5, 2016