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Ken Dilanian

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Covers:  National security, intelligence, cyber, CIA, foreign affairs, FBI, military, criminal justice
MS Now Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, based in DC.

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FBI probing leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel, sources say

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By Ken Dilanian, Carol Leonnig Verified
| Editor & Publisher Verified
Posted Wednesday, May 6, 2026 4:51 pm The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation focusing on an Atlantic magazine journalist who wrote a deeply unflattering account last month of Director Kash Patel’s work habits, two people familiar with the matter told MS NOW. The sources said the so-called insider threat investigation is highly unusual because it did not stem from a disclosure of classified information and because it is focused on leaks to a reporter.
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Trump DOJ Argues Key Anti-Discrimination Law Doesn’t Apply to Federal Workers

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By Ken Dilanian
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Trump DOJ Argues Key Anti-Discrimination Law Doesn’t Apply to Federal Workers Published December 7, 2025 In a surprising departure from decades of settled law, the Trump Justice Department is making the argument that the anti-discrimination provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act doesn’t apply to federal workers, according to a new lawsuit filed against it today.
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Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics

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By Ken Dilanian, Carol Leonnig Verified
| MS NOW Verified
A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte and Justice Department official Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Donald Trump’s critics. The probe, according to two people familiar and a document reviewed by MS NOW, is focused on whether the mortgage fraud investigations of Sen.
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