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A federal appeals court on Friday sided with reporters and a press freedom group in a case that began years ago when the FBI impersonated an Associated Press reporter. The case stems from a 2007 investigation in which an FBI agent pretended to be an AP reporter during an investigation into bomb threats emailed to a Washington state high school. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and AP filed a Freedom of Information Act in 2014 request to obtain more documents from the FBI and Department of Justice for more documents, which included information on the high school...

A former U.S. intelligence contractor tells Circa he walked away with more than 600 million classified documents on 47 hard drives from the National Security Agency and the CIA, a haul potentially larger than Edward Snowden's now infamous breach. And now he is suing former FBI Director James Comey and other government figures, alleging the bureau has covered up evidence he provided them showing widespread spying on Americans that violated civil liberties. {..snip..}

Did you know Juggalos are considered a "criminal gang" by the FBI? "It gets laughs out of people, but think about it," Violent J tells Fuse. "That's insane." After Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope tweeted a mysterious message earlier this week talking about "the biggest announcement of Insane Clown Posse's career," we've now got an answer: ICP is suing the FBI. The problem is that the FBI considers Juggalos—what ICP fans call themselves—a real-deal criminal gang. According to the FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report, Juggalos are considered an official "concern to law enforcement." The members of Insane...