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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.

The agent played a key role in stopping a terrorist attack and other threats before taking notice of the scandal
A man with same description is wanted for a Calif. robbery resulting in shooting of an officer
Suspect told judge that he began having problems with drinking and prescription pills about three years ago
The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said that she first learned about the matter from the media late last week
According to his letter of resignation, Petraeus asked president to allow him to resign
Some of those shot and their families spoke to the killer at his sentencing
Recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Colorado and Washington state
The Chicago officers alleged that they saw colleagues shaking down drug dealers and framing innocent people when they were undercover
A senior agent who was being investigated by the government over an undisclosed affair killed himself last week in Washington
Attorney general and Justice Department defend FBI in incident
Police are seeing a fifth consecutive year of declines in violent crimes reported
Attorney says the suspect took active and affirmative steps that brought him to the brink of “kidnapping a woman, cooking her and actually eating her”
The government considers banning the capture, playback and processing of images, sounds or data of security while ‘in the exercise of their functions’
Early yesterday a self-professed al Qaeda associate from Bangladesh tried to explode what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank
A former Pa. state trooper rose through the ranks of the FBI while developing an expertise in counterterrorism investigations
What began as a local group has morphed into an international criminal organization
Virgin Islands government said the new law will allow the police department to seek help from federal agencies
One of the “bottle bombs” exploded Monday inside a Penny Saver box
Family members say they won’t have closure until someone is held accountable for the death of US Agent
Sheriff’s office reportedly loaned military surplus goods to non-police organizations
Suspect is believed to be responsible for bank robberies in nine states
Barrett Brown, 31, was arrested Wednesday night and booked into the Dallas County jail
Four are also suspected of pulling off about 10 other heists
FBI has opened an investigation into the deaths of the four people killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi
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