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FBI Agent
Mary Ellen has spent her career studying the criminal mind. One of the most senior profilers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI until her retirement in 2009, Mary Ellen has helped capture, interview and understand some of the...
One Minute History
194 - The Mystery of D.B. Cooper - One Minute History
November 24, 1971 - A man calling himself Dan Cooper pays cash for a one-way ticket to Seattle. He orders a bourdon and soda as he waits for the flight to take off. (Shortly after 3:00pm), Mr. Cooper hands a note to the stewardess...
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Yuri Kochiyama: Unyielding Voice for Justice
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, thousands of Japanese-Americans were interned on U.S. soil. Determined to right this wrong, Yuri Kochiyama testified to Congress and helped those affected win $20,000 in compensation.
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Who was Deep Throat?
Codenamed Deep Throat, FBI chief William Mark Felt, Sr., displayed immense courage to expose abuses of power at the heart of government during the infamous Watergate investigation.
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Angela Davis
Despite being on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list, Angela Davis went on to become an international symbol of resistance against social injustice.
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The FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is a fact-finding, crime-fighting national security machine. But how did it come about – and what do FBI agents actually do?
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The Lavender Scare
The Lavender Scare was a government clampdown on members of the LGBTQ+ community in the 1940s, 50s and 60s which saw gay and lesbians barred from the federal government for decades.
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Emma Goldman: Radical Activist
Anarchist Emma Goldman, once named the most dangerous woman in America by the FBI, left behind a complicated legacy. But who was this young radical and what did she believe in?
Hip Hughes History
The Hatch Act Explained
Did James Comey violate the Hatch Act? What is the Hatch Act?
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Key to Security: Biometric Standards
NIST develops and tests biometrics (e.g., fingerprint, face, iris, & multimodal) standards and technology that promote security, interoperability, and innovation. Four projects (in collaboration with the DHS and the FBI) are highlighted:...
Physics Girl
Quantum Cryptography Explained
With recent high-profile security decryption cases, encryption is more important than ever. Much of your browser usage and your smartphone data is encrypted. But what does that process actually entail? And when computers get smarter and...
The Wall Street Journal
'Reasonable Security' and the CCPA
In cybersecurity there is one immutable truth: nothing that touches the Internet is secure. Chris Swecker, formerly of the FBI's criminal investigative and cyber divisions discusses the role of IT compliance.
Curated Video
Are You Being Spied On?
Should the US government be allowed to spy on its citizens to protect society as a whole? There are arguments for and against – but the Big Brother state isn't a conspiracy theory, it's real!
Financial Times
What is a special counsel?
Sam Fleming explains the role played by former director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, as special counsel investigating the alleged collusion between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia.
Next Animation Studio
U.S. charges four Chinese military operatives in Equifax 2017 hack
A federal grand jury charged four Chinese military officers on Tuesday for the massive hack of the credit rating giant Equifax that occurred in 2017.
The Wall Street Journal
The Impacts of Emerging Technologies on Cybersecurity
Executive Assistant Director Chris Piehota is a member of the FBI's executive leadership team and leads the Bureau's Scientific and Technology branch. He will discuss the cybersecurity challenges presented by emerging technologies.
The Wall Street Journal
The Threat Landscape
The FBI discusses how businesses are being targeted, how the picture varies at a national/international level and what resources or help the respective agencies can offer.
Next Animation Studio
FBI tricked international cartels into using ‘encrypted’ phones
The huge surveillance operation started years ago, when a convicted drug smuggler offered the ‘back door’ of his special new gangster phone to the FBI.
The March of Time
1941: FBI TRAINING AT QUANTICO: Professor in classroom setting lighting flammable material, demonstration of incendiary bomb fuse. FBI Agents taking notes in class.
MOT 1941: FBI TRAINING AT QUANTICO: Professor in classroom setting lighting flammable material, demonstration of incendiary bomb fuse. FBI Agents taking notes in class.
Intelligence Squared
Vladimir Pozner and the CIA: Has Russia been influencing the American voter?
Filmed on 8th June 2017. Vladimir Pozner and Michael Hayden appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain before they took to the Intelligence Squared stage. Vladimir Pozner and Michael Hayden on Good Morning Britain (ITV)
The Wall Street Journal
Working Together to Protect American Business
Public/Private partnerships are essential to ensure national and economic security, the FBI-affiliated InfraGard program talks about why and how.
ShortCutsTv
Criminal Profiling
An area that’s captured the public imagination from tv shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds is criminal profiling. But what’s the reality behind the hype? What is criminal profiling? What do profilers do? Does profiling work? In this...
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Museum of Artifacts That Made America: Helen Keller's Watch
Deafblind pioneer Helen Keller campaigned for a better America – with the help of a remarkable watch that she didn’t have to see to read.
Step Back History
America's Secret Police
So, how did the freest nation of freedom in the free world develop what is essentially America's secret police in the form of COINTELPRO? It's actually quite the story that has a lot to do with hating immigrants, suppressing left-wing...