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FBI searches home of ex-national security adviser John Bolton, lobbyist of Algerian military regime

The FBI agents raided former national security adviser John Bolton’s home in Maryland on Friday as part of a “national security investigation in search of “classified records”, several U.S. TV channels announced. A federal magistrate judge in Maryland approved the search, while Bolton was not detained or charged so far with any crimes. The operation […]

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Tunisia, FBI discuss cyber security and electronic crime

Tunisia’s Minister of Communication Technologies, Nizar Ben Neji, has held discussions with the Head of the Department of Science and Technology, Katie Noyes, as well as high-level delegation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the US Department of Justice on cybersecurity and electronic crime, and ways of protecting networks and basic digital infrastructures. […]

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Morocco-US: National Police Director General discusses with CIA, FBI security challenges, threats posed by terrorist groups

The Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, paid a working visit to the United States on June 13-14, at the head of a security delegation made up of directors and executives of the central services of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST). This visit reflects the strong cooperation ties between […]

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CIA, FBI laud professionalism of Moroccan intelligence services

The CIA and FBI thanked Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency, known as DGST, for its cooperation and partnership in countering terrorism. The US intelligence agencies expressed in letters their gratitude to the DGST in particular for “offering precise intelligence at the right time which helped arrest a dangerous terrorist,” DGST said in a statement. Last month, […]

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Morocco’s domestic spy agency helps FBI foil terror attack in NY

Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), equivalent of UK’s MI5, has tipped off the FBI about a terrorist plot hatched by a US soldier who was nabbed by US authorities on January 19, said on Tuesday Mr. Haboub Cherkaoui, Head of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ). The case of US Army private […]

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Spain: Joint anti-terror operation between Moroccan police, Guardia Civil & FBI

The Spanish Civil Guard announced on Friday the arrest in Barcelona of a radicalized Moroccan with ties to the terror ISIS group in a coordinated operation carried out with Morocco’s internal intelligence agency (DGST) and the FBI. According to Spanish investigators, the ISIS operative flouted the coronavirus lockdown in Spain “probably looking for targets”. He […]

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FBI pays tribute to Tunisian security force killed in terror attack near US embassy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has paid homage to a Tunisian security force who thwarted in early March terror attack on security checkpoint, in capital Tunis, near the US embassy. In a letter published on website of the US embassy in Tunis, on Monday, the FBI expressed its heartfelt condolences to the family of […]

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FBI pays tribute to Tunisian officer killed in terror attack

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has paid homage to a Tunisian security force who was killed when thwarting, early March, a terror attack on a security checkpoint, near the US embassy, in capital Tunis. In a letter published on the website of the US embassy in Tunis, the FBI expressed its heartfelt condolences […]

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Sudan: FBI to help in investigation on assassination attempt on Prime Minister

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a team of investigators to Sudan to help probe the failed assassination attempt that targeted PM Abdalla Hamdok. Sudan culture and information minister Faisal Mohammed told reports that a FBI team landed in capital Khartoum Wednesday in view of providing relevant expertise and techniques for this […]