Josh Campbell

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Josh Campbell is an award-winning CNN correspondent covering national security, guns, and law enforcement.
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Federal agents respond to a crime scene as part of "Operation Not Forgotten."
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FBI surges to help a group of victims they don’t want you to forget
Oct 23, 2024
Soaring rates of violent acts impacting Indigenous communities and mounting unsolved cases have prompted a surge of FBI agents, analysts and victim specialists from across the country to help investigate crimes on tribal lands.
Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on November 09, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. A day after the Midterm elections, Arizona election officials continue counting votes in close state races.
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Alabama man who threatened to kill Arizona election workers pleads guilty, federal prosecutors say
Oct 22, 2024
An Alabama man indicted for allegedly threatening election workers in Arizona has pleaded guilty to sending interstate threats, federal prosecutors said.
An aerial view shows destruction at the Spanish Lakes country club in Fort Pierce, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024. At least 10 people were dead after Hurricane Milton smashed into Florida, US authorities said, after the monster weather system sent tornados spinning across the state and flooded swaths of the Tampa Bay area. (Photo by John Falchetto / AFP) (Photo by JOHN FALCHETTO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Floods, blackouts and gas shortages: Florida faces headwinds in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton
Oct 14, 2024
On a dark night, a fierce storm gave Florida a sharp blow to the head. Less than two weeks later, another tore through its heart.
A young man walks past vehicles flooded in the water as the streets of the Southeast Seminole Heights section of Tampa due to Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024 in Florida. Hurricane Milton tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the US state of Florida, whipping up a spate of deadly tornadoes that left at least four people dead, but avoiding the catastrophic devastation officials had feared. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Florida was hit first by Hurricane Milton, and scammers could be next
Oct 12, 2024
Thousands of Floridians are rebuilding their communities after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a deadly Category 3 storm this week and cut through the state, bringing destructive storm surge to parts of Florida’s western shore and deadly tornadoes to the east while killing at least 16 people. The state is anticipating more casualties, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said.
A logo reading DEA Special Agent is pictured in the Office of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in May 2019 in New York City.
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That online ‘pharmacy’ could kill you, feds warn
Oct 10, 2024
US Drug Enforcement Administration investigators warn about a rise in illegal, typically foreign-based online stores that are allegedly targeting American consumers with deceptive practices.
FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested in New York, his attorney tells CNN
Oct 10, 2024
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has faced a parade of sexual assault lawsuits and a federal human trafficking probe in the last year, has been arrested, the producer’s attorney tells CNN.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - May 2: Police officers clash with pro-Palestinian protesters as a fire extinguisher is deployed at UCLA early Thursday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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‘Shocking,’ historic spike in anti-Jewish threats across the US, ADL says
Oct 7, 2024
Threats to Jews in the United States spiked over 200% in the one-year period since the deadly October 7th terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, according to new data obtained by CNN from the Anti-Defamation League.
RE'IM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 13: Destroyed cars and personal effects are still left scattered around the Supernova Music Festival site, where hundreds were killed and dozens taken by Hamas militants near the border with Gaza, on October 13, 2023 in Kibbutz Re'im, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,400 people with more than 400,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 1,300 people and wounding around 2,800. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the announcement of an emergency wartime government. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
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US security officials warn of potential threats surrounding October 7th anniversary
Oct 5, 2024
The upcoming one-year anniversary of the deadly terror attack on Israel by Hamas and continued Middle East turmoil could serve as motivators for acts of violence by extremists, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said in a joint public announcement Friday.
Martin Estrada, US Attorney for the Central District of California, announced federal charges against suspected members of a White supremacist gang on Wednesday.
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Dozens of suspected White supremacist gang members arrested in Los Angeles area in domestic terrorism investigation
Oct 2, 2024
A total of 68 suspected gang members with ties to White supremacy were charged in the Los Angeles area Wednesday in a large-scale takedown, federal prosecutors said.
A security camera hangs across the street from the Park East Synagogue, March 3, 2017, in New York City.
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Police increase patrols at US places of worship amid attack on Israel and start of Jewish high holidays
Oct 2, 2024
Police departments across the US are increasing patrols in Jewish communities and at places of worship amid Iran’s latest attack on Israel and the start of the Jewish high holidays Wednesday.
The police pursuit of the bus lasted over an hour and led officers through the downtown Los Angeles area, Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Donald Graham said.
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Suspect in fatal Los Angeles bus hijacking charged with murder, other counts, officials say
Oct 1, 2024
One person is dead after a gunman hijacked a Los Angeles city bus overnight, leading police in a pursuit for more than an hour before the suspect was taken into custody.
An FBI Evidence Response Team investigator walks behind a crime scene in July 2023 in Fargo, North Dakota.
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New FBI statistics show continued drop in US crime in first six months of 2024
Sep 30, 2024
Crime in the United States dropped throughout the first six months of 2024, according to preliminary figures released Monday by the FBI, continuing a trend in falling crime rates the bureau recently noted for 2023.
Police are seen outside Santa Maria Courthouse after an explosion on Wednesday, September 25.
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Man accused in California courthouse bombing intended to kill deputies and a judge, complaint says
Sep 27, 2024
A man accused of setting off an improvised explosive device in a California courthouse, injuring at least five people and causing “significant and noticeable damage,” intended to kill deputies and a judge, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
Sean "Diddy" Combs and his defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo stand before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky after prosecutors brought three criminal charges against him in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 17, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested after a year of intensifying allegations. How we got here
Sep 25, 2024
In the past 11 months, music magnate Sean “Diddy” Combs has faced crescendoing allegations of abuse and sexual assault, culminating in at least 10 civil lawsuits, a federal human trafficking probe and his arrest and indictment last week.
The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a plea deal with suspect Matthew Gabriel in Philadelphia.
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Fantasy football feud leads to fake bomb threat, international investigation and federal charges, prosecutors say
Sep 19, 2024
Witty banter and rivalrous trash talk are commonplace in fantasy football leagues, but one Philadelphia man’s online beef has resulted in an international investigation and federal charges after he falsely accused a fellow player of intending to carry out violent attacks, prosecutors say.
FILE - The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency stands next to a U.S. flag at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Former CIA officer who spied for China sentenced to a decade in prison
Sep 13, 2024
A former CIA officer arrested for espionage has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide classified information to Chinese intelligence officials, according to the US Department of Justice.

About

Josh Campbell is an award-winning CNN correspondent covering national security, guns, and law enforcement.

He reports both domestically and internationally, and provides analysis across CNN platforms. He can often be found deployed to the scenes of critical incidents, helping lead the network’s breaking news coverage of issues involving public safety and security.

Campbell won an Emmy in 2021 for reporting on the murder of George Floyd, and continued to break news in the prosecution of the Minnesota officers charged in Floyd’s death. His work has also gained Emmy nominations for reporting on terrorism and immigration issues, and he was part of the CNN team honored with the 2020 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for coverage on the ground in Istanbul reporting on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

He joined CNN following a career in national security as a supervisory special agent with the FBI. His work included: continued deployments overseas responding to terrorist attacks and kidnappings as a member of the FBI’s global response team; online undercover operations; fugitive apprehensions and extraditions; diplomatic postings to American embassies abroad; spokesperson and crisis communication liaison with the White House and National Security Council; and Special Assistant to the Director of the FBI.

Campbell received four FBI Combat Theater Awards for his work embedded with military special operations and CIA teams abroad, and was honored for his squad’s pioneering efforts utilizing cutting edge technology to disrupt imminent terrorist plots overseas.

In his years serving overseas, he trained hundreds of foreign law enforcement, military, and intelligence officers in conducting interviews and interrogations, intelligence collection, crime scene management, and the rule of law.

Campbell is an adjunct Senior Fellow with the Center for a New American Security, served as adjunct professor for digital and national security at the University of Southern California, and is the author of a book on the FBI. In addition, he is a reserve military officer with past assignments in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific.

He holds an M.A. in Communication from Johns Hopkins, a B.A. in Government from The University of Texas at Austin, and received Arabic language immersion training at Middlebury College.