Frank Figliuzzi
MSNBC Columnist
Frank Figliuzzi is an MSNBC columnist and a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. He was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, where he served 25 years as a special agent and directed all espionage investigations across the government. He is the author of "The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence."
Frank Figliuzzi is an MSNBC columnist and a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. He was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, where he served 25 years as a special agent and directed all espionage investigations across the government. He is the author of "The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence."
Latest from Frank Figliuzzi
I've helped secure 5 Olympic Games. Here's what's worrisome about Paris.
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris represent a large bullseye that terrorist groups would love to strike with the whole world paying attention.
The Secret Service failed Saturday. America deserves to know why.
The U.S. Secret Service's mission is "Zero Fail," but the agency failed at presidential candidate Donald Trump's Saturday campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
I was the FBI’s point person for a convention. Here’s why security at the RNC is so difficult.
The attempted assassination at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania will likely dictate an even higher security posture for the Republican convention in Milwaukee.
J. Edgar Hoover should validate our fears about SCOTUS’s immunity ruling
In immunity ruling Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts dismissed as "extreme hypotheticals" what law enforcement might do, ignoring the FBI's history.
Greg Abbott pardoning killer of Black Lives Matter protester sends chilling message
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoning Daniel Perry, who was convicted in the murder of a Black Lives Matter protester sends chilling message to supporters of that cause.
Far right militias are returning to Facebook — and it’s looking the other way
Armed, antigovernment militias and other like-minded groups are organizing and recruiting on social media at a scope and pace not seen since Jan. 6.
Larry Nassar’s victims deserved better from the FBI
The Department of Justice settled 139 claims from people who say they were harmed by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar and by the FBI dragging its feet to investigate.
Republicans are choosing NRA funding over safeguarding American lives
On Thursday, President Joe Biden took a giant step toward making us safer from gun violence by making it harder for someone who shouldn’t possess a gun to buy one.
The disturbing irony behind a disgraceful new endorsement of Trump
On Tuesday, the 12,000-member Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) disgraced itself by endorsing Donald Trump for president.
The GOP’s war on the FBI is paying off for Trump
Speaker Mike Johnson's budget proposals that cut the FBI, DOJ and ATF are a way of exacting revenge on behalf of Donald Trump.
