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Wrist bands for voters after they cast their ballot are seen during early voting at a polling station on October 31, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois.
Nine days before the November 8 vote, both Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton are hitting the campaign trail hard. / AFP / Joshua Lott (Photo credit should read JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty Images)

DHS 'very concerned' about Election Day confusion from a cyber breach

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces a major civil settlement at the Justice Department November 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Education Management Corporation, the nation's second-largest for-profit college operator, is expected to agree to pay nearly $90 million to settle a case accusing it of compensating employees based on how many students they enrolled, which encouraged aggressive tactics to increase revenue. The corporation operates online and at brick-and-mortar locations in 32 states and Canada under the names the Art Institute, Argosy University, Brown Mackie College and South University. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DOJ to enable nationwide collection of use-of-force data

MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 01: Dorothy Torrence (L), from the Miami-Dade Elections Department, helps Viviana Camacho with information about her voter registration on October 1, 2012 in Miami, Florida. With the October ninth deadline for people to register to vote in the upcoming election approaching, the Florida Department of State says the number of people registering to vote is now averaging between 1,500 and 3,000 a day. Democrats have been questioning the motives of the Republican led legislator's plan to purge alleged non-citizens from the voting lists and roll back early voting. According to reports, the Republican Party fired a voter registration contactor last week after allegations that the firm, Strategic Allied Consulting, turned in incorrect and falsified voter registration forms to Florida election officials. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Feds believe Russians hacked Florida election-systems vendor

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy where he continues to seek asylum following an extradition request from Sweden in 2012, on February 5, 2016 in London, England

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange fails to overturn arrest warrant again

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Centcom commander: 'Trust deficit' with Russia

Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 12, 2016.

Lynch asks if prosecutors went 'too far' during 90s

Officials dismiss possibility of US election hacking

After having her sentence commuted by President Obama, Sharanda Jones was transferred to a halfway house before her release date.

From a life sentence to clemency from Obama

SILVER SPRING, MD - NOVEMBER 02: Voters cast their ballots as they participate in early voting November 2, 2012 at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Silver Spring, Maryland. There is record turnout for early voting which was originally scheduled from last Sunday through yesterday, but was disrupted by Hurricane Sandy and has been extended through today. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Officials: Hackers breach election systems in Illinois, Arizona

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Feds opens investigation into alleged hacking of actress Leslie Jones' website

Court: IRS needs to prove it isn't targeting conservative groups

The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquarters in Washington.

FBI arrests man for allegedly attempting to buy grenades

Members of an honor guard carry the flag draped casket holding slain Dallas Police officer Michael Krol as Dallas Police Chief David Brown, center, looks on with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, center right, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after a funeral service at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, Friday, July 15, 2016. Krol was one of five police officers killed by a lone gunman during a protest in Dallas last week. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Police fatality report: Car accidents among top cause of death

Violent crime rising in US cities, study finds

Philly airport workers vote to strike during DNC

DHS contract employee arrested in gun incident in second incident within a month

Bahraini demonstrators pray Maghrib prayer following a protest against the revocation of the citizenship of top Bahraini Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, on June 20, 2016 near Qassim's house in the village of Diraz, west of Manama.
Bahrain said it has revoked the citizenship of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's top Shiite cleric, accusing him of sowing sectarian divisions, in a move that sparked protests among the majority community.

/ AFP / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)

Senators press State Department to rethink Bahrain aid

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 13: A woman lights a candle during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, at Oxford St on June 13, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. 50 people were killed and 53 injured after a gunman opened fire on people in a gay nightclub in Florida. It is the deadliest mass shooting in US history. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)

Terror suspects ask to postpone trials after Orlando

Sen. Ron Johnson calls on FBI for Orlando information

Court reverses $1.35M awarded to Jesse Ventura in 'American Sniper' defamation case

DHS inspector general: TSA 'addressing vulnerabilities'

More than 60 Iraqi cultural treasures illegally smuggled into the United States were returned to the Republic of Iraq Monday, following five separate investigations led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The objects were seized at the culmination of investigations led by HSI offices in New York; Baltimore, Maryland; Austin, Texas; and New Haven, Connecticut. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office assisted in two of the investigations.

The feds' real-life Indiana Jones

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Official: Hacker who claimed Clinton server break-in expected to plead guilty to separate charge

A sign directs travelers to a security checkpoint staffed by Transportation Security Administration workers at O'Hare Airport on June 2, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.

TSA official defends agency before House panel

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Wes Bruer is a Producer covering Criminal Justice and National Security