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Frank Figliuzzi

MSNBC Columnist

Frank Figliuzzi is an MSNBC columnist and a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. He was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, where he served 25 years as a special agent and directed all espionage investigations across the government. He is the author of "The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence."

Frank Figliuzzi is an MSNBC columnist and a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. He was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, where he served 25 years as a special agent and directed all espionage investigations across the government. He is the author of "The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence."

Latest from Frank Figliuzzi

7d ago

Donald Trump Jr. isn't calling law enforcement liars just for the fun of it

Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former president, retweeted a post expressing skepticism about a 19-year-old Missouri man with a Nazi flag who crashed into barriers near the White House.
13d ago

Neither Jim Jordan nor his so-called whistleblowers should be taken seriously

The only fraud Jim Jordan’s hearing exposed was that his so-called whistleblowers are well-meaning patriots, especially after the FBI sent its telling letter.
24d ago

Applaud the Proud Boys verdicts. Just don’t breathe a sigh of relief.

Four Proud Boys were recently found guilty of seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6, but convictions against groups of bad actors sometimes lead to a greater possibility of violence.
35d ago

The uniquely American paradox exposed by a new FBI report

Mass shootings are getting more deadly, according to a new FBI report. Here’s what can be done to combat the alarming new trend.
45d ago

Corporate America is better at protecting secrets than the Pentagon

21-year-old Jack Teixeira was arrested for sharing highly classified documents from the Pentagon on Discord. Our vulnerability is a problem that must be addressed.
57d ago

Three reasons the MAGA NYC rally was nothing like Jan. 6

There are least three variables that shaped the relatively peaceful response to Trump’s indictment and arraignment in New York.
72d ago

Trump and Republican leaders may have just made law enforcement’s job harder

In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed he'll soon be arrested after potentially getting indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.
77d ago

This is how Biden should respond to sheriffs who won’t enforce gun laws

Biden announced plans to partner with officers to enforce gun control, but that plan is only effective if officers who refuse to follow gun laws are penalized.
87d ago

If the FBI was reluctant to search Mar-a-Lago, it's a sign Trump's bullying worked

The Washington Post reports that FBI agents and federal prosecutors clashed over whether it was right to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
125d ago

Scandals aside, it’s absurd that we’re still putting classified info on paper

Trump's classified documents scandal was just the beginning, uncovering a dire need to pull Washington out of the stone ages and into the modern world of technology.
127d ago

What the alarming arrest of a former FBI spy catcher means — and doesn’t mean

The FBI arrested a former counterterrorism agent on the suspicion that he worked on behalf of an oligarch with known ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.