home <u+203a> us news <u+203a> fbi launches probe after own twitter account leaks documents <u+2013> report fbi launches probe after own twitter account leaks documents <u+2013> report 0 shares [11/3/16] an internal investigation has reportedly been launched by the fbi into one of its automated twitter accounts after a series of documents were released. 




the twitter bot <u+2018>fbi records vault<u+2019> had not been in use for over a year, but suddenly released several documents on october 30. 




the fbi is now investigating the account, according to judd legum, editor of think progress . tp is a project of the center for american progress, the democratic think tank founded by john podesta, campaign chairman for hillary clinton. 




the account<u+2019>s puzzling activation was referred to the fbi<u+2019>s inspection division for an <u+201c>investigation<u+201d> by candice will, the assistant director for the fbi<u+2019>s office of professional responsibility. following the investigation, it will then be referred back to will<u+2019>s department for <u+201c>adjudication,<u+201d> according to legum. 




a complaint is said to have been filed by jonathan hutson, a former employee of the center for american progress and a public-relations consultant, leading to the investigation. post navigation
fbi launches probe after own twitter account leaks documents <u+2013> report
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