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Ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s Son Arrested On Child Porn Charges

Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan’s son was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Friday on charges related to child pornography, a law enforcement source confirmed to the Daily Caller.

Brennan’s 40-year-old son Kyle was arrested by the bureau and charged with knowingly transporting child pornography using a means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce, the Caller learned. Kyle was charged in the Eastern District of Virginia.

The FBI did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller.

According to the Daily Mail, which was the first to report the story, the FBI seized and searched Brennan’s cellular phone Thursday evening. The Mail states that federal agents found nearly 90 images of child sex abuse material on Kyle Brennan’s phone, including a photo of a “fully nude pubescent minor girl on a locker bench.”

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Censorship Bill Would Let Australia Spy On Americans And Europeans And Report Lawful Speech And Private Info To Five Eyes, Including FBI

In September 2025, top government censorship officials from Europe, the UK, Brazil, California, and Australia met at Stanford to discuss ways to coordinate censorship at an international level. The meeting was titled “Compliance and Enforcement in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape.” Australia’s top censor, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, gave the keynote.

Though Grant did not provide her remarks to Public, she had previously told the World Economic Forum (WEF) that she was organising censorship officials around the world because “we know we’re going to go much further when we work together with other like-minded independent statutory authorities around the globe.”

Inman Grant’s efforts appear to be bearing fruit in Australia, where the lower house has passed the Digital Duty of Care (DDoC) Bill, a sweeping piece of censorship and surveillance legislation that would allow the eSafety Commissioner to monitor “lawful but harmful” speech.

Inman Grant, an American who once volunteered to a journalist that she turned down a job with the CIA, can already order a platform to reveal who is behind an anonymous account from anywhere in the world.

But the DDoC bill would also permit her to use fake accounts to deceive users into thinking they are citizens, record their legal speech, and pass what she learns directly to Australia’s spy agencies. Those agencies could then share that intelligence with the FBI and other “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing partners in the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand.

The bill enables this by granting eSafety the ability to create an unlimited number of AI-generated “sock puppet” identities (effectively bots) under policies set “in consultation with the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police.”

The private information the Australian government could share with foreign intelligence agencies could include a user’s name, address, phone number, and email, along with what the Privacy Act calls “sensitive information,” which includes political opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and health records.

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Rifle Murders Declined After Federal ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Expired, New FBI Data Analysis Finds

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether states can ban AR-15s and other commonly owned semiautomatic rifles, a new analysis of FBI crime data is challenging one of the gun-control lobby’s central arguments. Despite decades of warnings about the supposed dangers of these firearms, rifles account for a smaller share of firearm murders today than they did when the federal government’s so-called “assault weapons” ban was in effect.

According to a November 4 analysis published by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), rifles accounted for an average of 4.9% of firearm murders during the federal ban from 1995 through 2004. After the ban expired, that figure fell to just 3.6%, even as the estimated number of AR-15s and AK-47s in civilian circulation increased dramatically.

The findings arrive ahead of December 2, 2026, when the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, two consolidated cases challenging bans on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles. The cases could determine whether politicians can continue prohibiting America’s most popular rifle platform despite its widespread lawful ownership and the constitutional protections recognized in District of Columbia v. Heller.

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Campaign Worker for Abdul El-Sayed Among Those Arrested by the FBI in Michigan for Terrorizing Jewish Community Leaders and University Officials

Back in June, the FBI arrested eight people at the University of Michigan for engaging in an ongoing campaign of terror against Jewish community leaders and officials at the University of Michigan.

Over this weekend, four more people were arrested as part of the same investigation.

It has now been revealed that one of the original eight arrested by the FBI was a campaign worker for Abdul El-Sayed.

Anyone surprised?

From the New York Post:

A former Abdul El-Sayed campaign worker was among the dozen anti-Israel activists accused of terrorizing members of Michigan’s Jewish community, according to feds.

Mariam Odeh, 24, was one of eight included in the original rounds of indictments by the US Attorney’s Office for allegedly threatening University of Michigan officials in an attempt to force the school to cut ties with Israel, the US Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan said.

The number of conspirators grew to 12 Friday when four more alleged co-conspirators were indicted, federal prosecutors said.

Odeh, who was charged in June for her alleged role in the scheme, did a stint working for El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate campaign, The Detroit News reported that same month.

She had been paid twice by the lefty candidate’s campaign, records obtained by the outlet showed.

An El-Sayed spokesperson later confirmed Odeh’s position as an hourly employee on the campaign for two weeks to the outlet.

The Dearborn, Michigan native left the campaign gig on April 15, after raking in nearly $750, El-Sayed spokesperson Roxie Richner told the paper.

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FBI Says North Korea Behind $6 Billion Binance Heist

It’s official – for what it’s worth: North Korea “was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion USD in virtual assets” from Binance on Thursday, according to a Saturday FBI cyber alert. The agency says says Kim Jong Un’s ‘TraderTraitor’ hacking operation was responsible.

As we reported Thursday, TRM Labs and Chainalysis blamed N. Korea within a day, while Tether and Circle froze billions in stolen stablecoins. TRM puts the haul at $6.36 billion and calls it the largest hack in history; Chainalysis said its investigators concluded that the Binance loot was “commingling” with funds North Korea from last month’s Bitget exploit.

Working in conjunction with US Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation, the FBI says it has “observed TraderTraitor actors converting stolen assets primarily into Ethereum (ETH),” and that “it is expected these assets will then be further laundered by converting them using DeFi and instant swap services.” It published 628 addresses it says “are holding or have held assets from the theft” – 608 on Ethereum, 19 on Bitcoin and one on Solana.

The agencies are urging “THORNode operators, RPC node operators, instant exchanges, DeFi services, blockchain analytics firms, and other virtual asset service providers to block transactions with or derived from” those addresses. The list may already be falling behind: Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin told CoinDesk the attackers have used “thousands of addresses,” adding, “We anticipate this will become tens of thousands over the coming weeks.”

Binance, meanwhile, insists its customers won’t eat the loss. As we reported last night, the exchange said it had replaced 90% of the roughly $6.3 billion with its own funds, and on Sunday it began reopening withdrawals in phases, starting with the Bitcoin network. Co-CEO Richard Teng put the replenished share at about 95% on Sunday, according to crypto.news.

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Michigan Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill FBI Director Kash Patel in Facebook Messages

Federal agents arrested a Michigan man on Friday after he allegedly threatened to kill FBI Director Kash Patel and an unnamed “associate” in a series of Facebook messages, emails, and voicemails.

The Justice Department announced the charges against Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, of Chesterfield Township, on Friday.

Palazzolo’s arrest stems from a Facebook message sent to an individual identified in court records only as Victim-1 on October 8.

In that message, Palazzolo, who referred to himself as “Baby Bird,” wrote that he had “put a hit out” on the recipient and that Patel was “a dead mf too,” adding “Tell his punk ass I said it.”⁠

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan stated that after FBI agents interviewed Palazzolo at his home the following day, he continued to contact a Detroit FBI agent by phone.

Palazzolo allegedly left voicemails threatening to come to the office and “use deadly force against every single one of you government officials—FBI Secret Service will all be f[——] killed.”

Agents also alleged that he emailed the agent, a federal court in Texas, the Secret Service, and the Supreme Court with graphic threats of sexual violence involving objects and torture.

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US Attorney in Arizona Investigating Three Leftwing Groups for Registering Non-Citizens After Muckraker Report on Pro-Katie Hobbs Groups – Matter Referred to the FBI

The US Attorney for the District of Arizona has opened an investigation into three leftwing nonprofits in Arizona for “registering non-citizens to vote in Arizona.”

The three groups under investigation are Stand Indivisible Arizona and Worker Power, two nonprofit groups backing Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and other Democratic candidates, and When We Count, the Democratic National Committee’s own national voter registration program.

“The United States Attorney’s Office has already referred the matter to the FBI for a thorough federal investigation,” US Attorney Timothy Courchaine’s office announced in a press release.

This comes after Muckraker released a report, featuring volunteers from the three organizations attempting to register undercover journalists posing as non-citizens and felons.

When Katie Hobbs was asked about the groups’ attempts to cheat, she ran away from questions.

In letters to Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, US Attorney Timothy Courchaine writes, “Based on written and video reports, personnel acting on behalf of the following organizations either intentionally disregarded or were recklessly ignorant of Arizona’s law prohibiting the registration of non-citizens in elections.”

“Based on a cursory review, it appears these organizations and their volunteers or employees may have violated A.R.S. § 16-182 by knowingly causing or procuring another person to be registered while knowing that person is not entitled to register to vote,” he continues, requesting a review of voter registrations submitted by the three groups.

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Hero Off-Duty FBI Agent Shoots Dead a Crazed Venezuelan Illegal Alien Who Was Firing into Chicago Homeless Camp, Previously Caught and Released by Biden

An off-duty FBI agent driving home in Chicago on Monday night stopped and fatally shot a 27-year-old Venezuelan illegal alien who was firing a gun toward people in a homeless encampment, according to multiple federal law enforcement sources who spoke to Fox News.

The alien, identified as Oscar D. Corrales, had been caught at the southern border in October 2023 and released into the United States under the Biden administration.

Corrales also had a prior arrest in California but was reportedly released by law enforcement despite an ICE detainer.

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reports:

Multiple federal law enforcement sources tell Fox News that the man who was shot and killed by an off-duty FBI agent in Chicago last night was a Venezuelan illegal alien who was seen shooting into a homeless encampment. Per sources, the FBI agent was driving alone when he saw 27-year-old OSCAR D. CORRALES shooting at people in the encampment, and the agent stopped and shot CORRALES, killing him.

Fox is told CORRALES was previously caught and released at the southern border by the Biden administration in October 2023, and he has a previous arrest in California in which he was released from custody with an ICE detainer ignored.

Corrales sustained multiple gunshot wounds, including to both legs, his chest, and right flank.

He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital less than an hour after the shooting.

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High school student arrested after being accused of attempting to make explosives for ISIS

A 15-year-old high school student in Alachua County, Florida, was arrested after an investigation by local authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) purportedly discovered that he was attempting to build explosives for a terrorist organization.

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) and FBI conducted a joint search on Friday at the home of 15-year-old Jude Sleeper, after investigators discovered he was communicating online with members and supporters of the Islamist terrorist group ISIS.

Sleeper was charged with making or attempting to make a destructive device after authorities discovered he was seeking advice on how to build drones and explosives to attack people at an unknown location. Additional charges are possible as the investigation continues, ACSO and the FBI noted on Tuesday.

The ACSO office also added that they spoke with the15-year-old’s parents, who allowed police to search their home and their child’s phone.

Upon searching Sleeper’s phone, they reportedly found files containing instructions for making explosive devices and chemical compounds — as well as ISIS-related content and propaganda.

Inside his bedroom, investigators found two jars. Sleeper reportedly admitted they contained chemicals used to manufacture triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a highly volatile explosive. The residence was immediately evacuated, and the ACSO Bomb Squad responded to secure the scene and evaluate the hazardous materials.

Once the home was rendered safe, ACSO detectives obtained and executed a second search warrant.

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FBI Raids Beverly Hills Mansion as Part of Federal Investigation into Disgraced Former Congressman Eric Swalwell

The walls continue to close in on disgraced former Congressman Eric Swalwell as a brand new raid has been conducted.

As Fox News reported, federal authorities raided a Beverly Hills, California mansion that is connected to an investigation into Swalwell on Tuesday morning.

Sources told the California Post that the raid is connected to a sex worker

The California Post reports the home is believed to belong to billionaire Stephen Cloobeck, who supported Swalwell’s run for governor and allowed him reside at the mansion.

Cloobeck later evicted Swalwell from the house after the Swalwell got hit with sexual assault allegations.

“I am no longer associated with a man that takes advantage of women,” Cloobeck said. “I support women’s rights.”

As The Post notes, Cloobeck was charged with three felony counts of attempting to dissuade or prevent a witness or victim from testifying.

He was charged with one misdemeanor count of making annoying phone calls.

News of this raid comes two months after Swalwell had his several items of his seized at San Francisco’s airport. These included his Apple iPhone, a charging cable/adapter, and an Apple MacBook Pro.

Agents also searched his DC home.

Swalwell resigned from Congress and dropped out of the California gubernatorial race in April after facing several credible accusations of sexual misconduct.

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