FBI | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/fbi/RSS feed for FBIenWed, 29 Apr 2026 21:26:09 +0000A Father and Daughter Forged More Than 200 Artworks by Warhol, Banksy, Picasso and Others—and Sold Them for $2 Millionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-father-and-daughter-forged-more-than-200-artworks-by-warhol-banksy-picasso-and-others-and-old-them-for-2-million-180988641/The New Jersey residents, who face up to 20 years in prison, commissioned an artist in Poland to create the fakes. They got special penalties for forging paintings by Native American artistsWed, 29 Apr 2026 21:26:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-father-and-daughter-forged-more-than-200-artworks-by-warhol-banksy-picasso-and-others-and-old-them-for-2-million-180988641/Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens During the 1960shttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newly-declassified-records-suggest-parents-collaborated-with-the-fbi-to-spy-on-their-rebellious-teens-during-the-1960s-180987694/As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons and daughters from radical influencesFri, 21 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newly-declassified-records-suggest-parents-collaborated-with-the-fbi-to-spy-on-their-rebellious-teens-during-the-1960s-180987694/FBI Returns Long-Lost Manuscript Signed by Hernán Cortés in 1527 to Mexico's National Archiveshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fbi-returns-long-lost-manuscript-signed-by-hernan-cortes-in-1527-to-mexicos-national-archives-180987191/The document, which vanished decades ago, includes logistical details linked to the travels of the Spanish conquistador, who had conquered the Aztec Empire several years earlierFri, 15 Aug 2025 16:37:06 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fbi-returns-long-lost-manuscript-signed-by-hernan-cortes-in-1527-to-mexicos-national-archives-180987191/The Spy Who Exposed the Secrets of the Black Chamber, One of America's First Code-Breaking Organizationshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-spy-who-exposed-the-secrets-of-the-black-chamber-one-of-americas-first-code-breaking-organizations-180985947/In 1931, Herbert O. Yardley published a tell-all book about his experiences leading a covert government agency called the Cipher BureauTue, 04 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-spy-who-exposed-the-secrets-of-the-black-chamber-one-of-americas-first-code-breaking-organizations-180985947/The FBI Recovers an Andy Warhol Print Worth $175,000 That Vanished From a Private Home in 2021https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-fbi-recovers-an-andy-warhol-print-worth-175000-that-vanished-from-a-private-home-in-2021-180985210/A man is expected to plead guilty for trafficking the print, which reappeared at a Dallas auction house shortly after it went missing from a California residenceTue, 08 Oct 2024 21:25:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-fbi-recovers-an-andy-warhol-print-worth-175000-that-vanished-from-a-private-home-in-2021-180985210/The Fabulous Fabulist Lawyer Who Wasn’t, but Still Managed to Get a Man Off Death Rowhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fabulous-fabulist-lawyer-who-wasnt-but-still-managed-to-get-a-man-off-death-row-180984229/Take in the remarkable tale of the fake attorney best known as L.A. Harris, whose scams put him in trouble with the law in jurisdictions nationwideMon, 29 Apr 2024 11:30:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fabulous-fabulist-lawyer-who-wasnt-but-still-managed-to-get-a-man-off-death-row-180984229/World War II 'Rumor Clinics' Helped America Battle Wild Gossiphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/world-war-ii-rumor-clinics-helped-america-battle-wild-gossip-180983883/Newspapers and magazines across the United States published weekly columns debunking lurid claims that were detrimental to the war effortWed, 06 Mar 2024 14:35:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/world-war-ii-rumor-clinics-helped-america-battle-wild-gossip-180983883/Painting Stolen by American Soldier During World War II Returned to Germanyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/painting-stolen-by-american-soldier-during-wwii-returned-to-germany-180983130/FBI agents and art recovery lawyers helped retrieve the piece by Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk LautererWed, 25 Oct 2023 20:06:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/painting-stolen-by-american-soldier-during-wwii-returned-to-germany-180983130/The Real History Behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-killers-of-the-flower-moon-180983086/Martin Scorsese's new film revisits the murders of wealthy Osages in Oklahoma in the 1920sWed, 18 Oct 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-history-behind-killers-of-the-flower-moon-180983086/The Misunderstood Visionary Behind the Black Panther Partyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-misunderstood-visionary-behind-the-black-panther-party-180982740/Huey P. Newton has been mythologized and maligned since his murder 34 years ago. His family and friends offer an intimate look inside his life and mindTue, 22 Aug 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-misunderstood-visionary-behind-the-black-panther-party-180982740/