Trevor Aaronson

The alleged terrorist said he went along with the plot because he was afraid that FBI agents, posing as ISIS members, would kill his family.

A confidential informant who helped ensnare three Florida men as ISIS supporters in an FBI sting was simultaneously running stranded traveler scams.

In the aftermath of the Orlando attack the FBI promised a full review of the bureau’s threat assessment system. There's no sign anything has changed.

Abdulrahman Farhane maintained that he was not involved in terrorism, but he pleaded guilty to the charges to avoid a longer prison sentence.

The former FBI director, now the special counsel overseeing the U.S. investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, is known for taking charge of big problems.

When Comey was its director, the FBI used undercover agents and informants in stings against hapless terror suspects, masqueraded as journalists, and fought against encryption technologies.

An FBI agent named Charles Johnson spent nearly a year making a fake documentary on the Bundy family, but he wasn’t finished pretending to be a journalist.

The FBI spent almost a year making a fake documentary, trying to get Cliven Bundy, his family, and their supporters to incriminate themselves on tape.

Jeff Sessions has worked since at least 2015 to build a case for limiting Muslim immigration. His evidence is ambiguous at best.

Alexander Ciccolo professed support for ISIS, but it’s unclear whether he would have posed a threat had the FBI not provided weapons and encouragement.