Brian Bennett

A photo from July 27, 2014, provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Rizwan Farook as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

FBI can’t figure out how to unlock encrypted phone in San Bernardino investigation

June 24, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

FBI technicians have been unable to unlock encrypted data on a cellphone that belonged to the terrorist couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino on Dec. 2, the FBI...

A Libyan firefighter stands in front of a burning oil storage tank Jan. 23, 2016, at a facility in northern Libya, set ablaze by Islamic State forces.

Islamic State on rise in Libya: ‘Syria all over again’

May 12, 2019 at 7:27 p.m.

As Islamic State forces lose ground in Iraq and Syria, fighters loyal to the group have seized territory in oil-rich Libya, levying taxes at gunpoint and creating sanctuaries to launch...

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, seen in a photo released by the Mexican website Plaza de Armas, was recaptured Jan. 8, 2016.

Prosecutors in Chicago, New York and San Diego fight over ‘El Chapo’

June 19, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

The expected extradition of Mexican drug lord and prison escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States may take months, but it already has caused a tug of...

San Bernardino shooters Tashfeen Malik, left, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook.

San Bernardino shooter said she was pregnant when she sought U.S. green card

June 21, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

Tashfeen Malik apparently claimed she was pregnant when she was interviewed by a visa officer after she had applied for permanent U.S. residence in the fall of 2014. A note...

A U.S. Border Patrol agent detains undocumented juvenile immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 10, 2015, at La Grulla, Texas. The number of unaccompanied minors and families crossing the border from Central America has surged in recent months.

Immigration officials plan stepped-up deportations for new year

June 20, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

Immigration officials are preparing a nationwide push in January to find and deport Central American families who arrived in recent years and have been ordered by immigration judges to leave,...

San Bernardino killers revealed personal details in visa application

May 13, 2019 at 1:10 p.m.

Syed Rizwan Farook told U.S. immigration officials in early 2014 that he had met his future wife on an "online website" and they decided to meet in Saudi Arabia after...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will meet with his cybercommanders at the Pentagon to examine a menu of digital options, including jamming and viruses, that could be used to target the Sunni Muslim group's communications, according to the officials.

Pentagon may step up attacks on ISIS computers, servers and cellphones

June 22, 2019 at 11:06 a.m.

The Pentagon is considering increasing the pace and scope of cyberattacks against Islamic State, arguing that more aggressive efforts to disable the extremist group's computers, servers and cellphones could help...

This July 27, 2014, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Rizwan Farook, as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Scrutiny of Tashfeen Malik’s fiancee visa fell short, congressional investigators say

June 22, 2019 at 1:15 p.m.

Immigration officials failed to sufficiently scrutinize Tashfeen Malik's petition to enter the U.S. to get married, allowing her in with an unverified assertion from her fiance and untranslated Arabic passport...

A trainer at U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Advanced Training Center in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., fires at a target using a Taser.

How Tasers became instruments of excessive force for the Border Patrol

June 24, 2019 at 12:28 a.m.

Searching for a way to curb fatal border shootings, Border Patrol leaders decided in 2008 that their agents needed a new weapon on their belts. The agency began to supply...

An anonymous hacker claims to have breached the email of CIA Director John Brennan, shown in 2014, and has posted documents online, including a list of email addresses purportedly from Brennan's contact file.

FBI investigating hacker’s claim to have broken into CIA director’s AOL account

June 21, 2019 at 5:07 a.m.

The FBI is investigating a hacker's claims to have breached the personal email accounts of the CIA director and the secretary of Homeland Security, according to a law enforcement official...

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