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The Federal Law Enforcement topic area addresses all crime-fighting agencies at the national and federal level. This section will provide you with the latest news, information and developments across the country and in Washington.

This dramatized take on a real case offers valuable reminders about radicalization, threat patterns and investigative blind spots
Understanding the protective protocols and legal standards that shaped agents’ response during a high-security DHS event
What does it take to become a police officer? A veteran officer breaks down the rigorous process to land the job
AntiSec group posted 1 million unique ID numbers for Apple devices, claimed they were obtained from agent’s laptop
Suzanne Barr is accused of sexually inappropriate behavior toward employees
She led an international team that in March arrested one of the world’s most wanted computer hackers
The Panthers had shootouts with police, including a 1967 incident in which one Oakland police officer was killed and a second one wounded
20 years ago, infamous standoff helped spark an anti-government patriot movement
Agency is asking local law enforcement agencies for help collecting tattoo information
Kim Dotcom was arrested in the raid for massive-scale Internet piracy
Investigators determined gunman Wade Michael Page died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
A report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service studied the cases of 46,734 illegal immigrants.
Authorities say agent was being treated for depression and was said to be distraught at the time of his disappearance
More than 4 pounds of methamphetamine was disguised as dozens of candy bars
U.S. marshals made a fingerprint match that led to a man sought for five years in a $100 million international fraud scheme
Officer-involved shootings have sparked a $50 million lawsuit, and the City Council has called for a federal investigation
Arrests related to illegal immigrants on the rise in state; enforcement targeting fugitives, repeat offenders
Many sophisticated operations are run online, so a Google think tank is working to find ways to disrupt international crime
Report: An off-duty police officer and a retired police lieutenant were justified when they used deadly force
FBI agents interviewed an array of people involved in George Zimmerman’s life to see if he had shown racial bias
Only one suspect remained at large Wednesday following the raids in several Indiana cities and towns that involved more than 300 officers from federal, state and local agencies
Dad, sons in their home along Texas border shot agent out of fear, according to a relative
The operation started small but worked in plain sight, with some horses carrying names with drug references, such as Number One Cartel
The goal of the task force is to rescue victims and create a coordinated law enforcement system to investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes
Speaking in New Orleans, the attorney general called the House action “unnecessary and unwarranted” and defended his performance in regard to Operation Fast and Furious
Agents were executing a search warrant in connection with child exploitation, money laundering
Official: ‘I hope the AG understands that we did not allow guns to walk’
‘They did not come to our storefront to sell Bibles and Blue Bell ice cream,’ says ATF SAIC
In Fast and Furious, ATF agents in Ariz. abandoned the usual practice of intercepting all weapons they believed to be illicitly purchased