🔍The FBI failed to prevent activists from infiltrating their buildings and stealing classified files.
🔒Double agent Robert Hanssen worked for the FBI while selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
💔An FBI translator fell in love with a brutal ISIS fighter and defected to Syria.
💣The FBI raided the wrong Minneapolis home and left classified files behind.
🤡The FBI investigated a parody hate group instead of real threats.
What is the COINTELPRO program?
—COINTELPRO was a secret program by the FBI to infiltrate and disrupt various activist groups in the United States.
Who was the most infamous double agent in FBI history?
—Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia while working for the FBI.
How did activists infiltrate the FBI?
—Activists successfully infiltrated an FBI building in Pennsylvania and stole sensitive files during the 1970s.
Did the FBI mistakenly raid a Minneapolis home?
—Yes, the FBI raided a Minneapolis home by mistake and left behind classified files after finding nothing incriminating.
What was the FBI's reaction to their embarrassing failures?
—The FBI faced criticism and made efforts to improve their security measures and investigative procedures.
00:00Introduction to the 10 most embarrassing FBI fails.
07:40The FBI failed to prevent activists from infiltrating their buildings and stealing classified files.
12:37Double agent Robert Hanssen worked for the FBI while selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
15:48An FBI translator fell in love with a brutal ISIS fighter and defected to Syria.
16:25The FBI raided the wrong Minneapolis home and left classified files behind.
13:13The FBI investigated a parody hate group instead of real threats.
