Category: Christopher Wray

House GOP Demands FBI Director Wray Provide All ‘Counterterrorism’ Efforts After Whistleblower Report

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded Thursday that the FBI and Department of Justice provide records to the House Judiciary Committee any records related to counterterrorism tools used to potentially target alleged threats made against school boards. In a letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Jordan said Republicans on House Judiciary Committee are “investigating the…


FBI Stonewalling Congress on Kaseya Ransomware Investigation

Lawmakers have received scant information from the FBI about a recent ransomware investigation, with top bureau officials offering few answers about decisions that cost U.S. businesses millions of dollars and produced questionable results. During a Nov. 16 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on ransomware, the FBI was questioned about its handling of the July ransomware…


China Uses ‘Whole-of-Society’ Effort to Steal From the US: Former CIA Officer

China is using a whole-of-society approach to steal its way to become a military power, and the U.S. government needs to better defend against such an espionage campaign, said a retired CIA officer. “U.S. security officials estimate that the Chinese steal between $300 billion and $600 billion a year in U.S. intellectual property, research and…


China Uses ‘Whole-of-Society’ Effort to Steal From US: Former CIA Officer

China is using a whole-of-society approach to steal its way to becoming a military power, and the U.S. government needs to better defend against such an espionage campaign, according to a retired CIA officer. “U.S. security officials estimate that the Chinese steal between $300 billion and $600 billion a year in U.S. intellectual property, research…


GOP Lawmakers Reintroduce Legislation to Confront CCP Espionage

U.S. Senate and House lawmakers recently reintroduced legislation that would deny visas to aliens who have committed espionage or stolen U.S. intellectual property—particularly those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “We know that the Chinese Communist Party will spare no effort to steal from, and exploit, American companies and universities,” Sen. Marco Rubio…


Dim Prospects for an Independent and Objective FBI

Commentary FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month, where he stated that the events of Jan. 6 are not isolated, but are symptomatic of a widespread domestic terrorism problem, can only be interpreted in one way. He is laying the foundation for the utilization of authoritarian tactics by the…


Researcher Under FBI Investigation for Allegedly Hiding Ties to China

A Chinese researcher who once worked at The Jackson Laboratory is under FBI investigation, for allegedly failing to disclose his financial ties to China in applications for U.S. government funding. Ruan Yijun, a geneticist, failed to disclose his participation in a Chinese state-sponsored recruitment program called the Thousand Talents program and his collaboration agreement with…


FBI Director Commits to Improving Flow of Information to Lawmakers

FBI Director Christopher Wray has committed to improving the flow of information from the agency to lawmakers after being pressed on the issue at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Speaking at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) accused the FBI of stonewalling information requests, expressing concern that, over the past four years,…


FBI’s Wray Commits to Improving Flow of Information to Lawmakers

FBI Director Christopher Wray has committed to improving the flow of information from the agency to lawmakers after being pressed on the issue during a Senate hearing on March 2. Speaking at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) accused the FBI of stonewalling information requests, expressing concern that, over the past four…


Wray Declines to Confirm FBI’s Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters But Says It ‘Would Not Surprise Me’

FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate hearing Tuesday that while he could not confirm that the agency was using geolocation data to track Capitol rioters, he said the nature of the investigation is such that it “would not surprise me.” Wray made the remarks at a hearing of the  Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on…