Epstein Secrets

rosecutors and law enforcement officials should place an emphasis on investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, while increasing community outreach, Garland said." Reuters (3/30, Lynch) reports that "in his first memo to employees since taking over" the department, "Garland said he wants to find ways to

EADING THE NEWS Garland Instructs DO) To Put More Effort Into Probing Hate Crimes. The AP (3/30, Balsamo) reports that on Tuesday, Attorney General Garland "ordered a review of how the Justice Department can best deploy its resources to combat hate crimes during a surge in incidents targeting Asian Ame

nd the finance and banking industry." Experts Say CISA Is Underfunded And Outmatched. Politico (3/30, Vargas, 6.73M) reports the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is "struggling to keep up with multiple competing crises, including the recently uncovered intrusions blamed on Russia and China," according to int

reats of violence and that parents protesting at school boards are protected by the Constitution. The article noted that Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) said Garland should withdraw the memo because it resulted in federal counterterrorism agents investigating Americans protesting at school boards rather than leav

he wrote said the FBI received 22 reports of threats against school officials and referred six cases to state and local authorities to investigate. Garland issued his memo to FBI agents about assisting local law enforcement days after receiving a letter from the National School Boards Association, which

ormation on whether the companies had any contact with several named government officials, including FBI agent Elvis Chan, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs, and former Department of Defense General Counsel William Castle. Fox News (03/29, Singman) also reported on the story. Opinio

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after House Republicans released testimony last week from a senior Internal Revenue Service investigator on the case that appeared to contradict Mr. Garland's assurances to Mr. Grassley and others that Mr. Weiss had all the freedom and authority he needed to pursue the case as he saw fit. The article no

d that the DOJ has announced at least two major actions against DDoS services in the past seven months, including one in May. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with the FBI and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, offered a guide last fall to defend against them. Siemens and UCLA

rottled back the practice, arguing they were bad for officer morale and led to spikes in crime." Politico adds, "Taken in its totality, the tempo of Garland's actions is eye-popping, even for those who expected the DO) to return to its pre-Trump assertiveness on policing issues." WPost: Police Reform Re

olitico Analysis: Garland Targeting More Police Departments Than Anticipated. Politico (5/25, Booker, Gerstein, 6.73M) reports that Attorney General Garland is "overseeing the vexing task of providing federal oversight of law enforcement agencies with troubled policing practices at a time when many Amer

f the ecosystem that facilitates victims paying anonymous criminals to unlock or return data they steal and hold hostage, a senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official said." CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan said, "Criminals have always found an innovative way to continue the attack [through) some mec

nto Local Police Departments Will Be Forthcoming. The Wall Street Journal (4/23, Gurman, Subscription Publication, 8.41M) reports Attorney General Garland on Friday informed leaders of the country's biggest law-enforcement organizations that a probe into the Minneapolis Police Department won't be the f

itical infrastructure from cyberattacks and other national security threats." The National Risk Management Act "would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to conduct a five-year national risk management cycle." This effort "would involve CISA identifying and compiling the major risks to critical