After the president requested that he end an inquiry, James B. Comey asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to help protect the F.B.I. from White House influence.
The attorney general told Mr. Trump that he needed the freedom to do his job, according to two people who were briefed on the discussion.
Reality Leigh Winner left telltale signs when she took a single National Security Agency document, a May 5 report detailing hacking by Russian military intelligence.
Jihadists have learned that they do not need anthrax or dirty bombs to draw obsessive media coverage and impress potential recruits.
The company was said to have disclosed the move at an all-hands meeting at its San Francisco headquarters on Tuesday.
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