A retired FBI agent said this week he believes there is internal disagreement within the bureau over how to interpret key pieces of evidence in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, as conflicting statements about the legitimacy of ransom notes in the case continue to surface more than five months after she vanished.

Speaking with NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin on the program "Brian Entin Investigates," retired FBI agent Steve Moore said the shifting public statements from federal investigators point to a deeper split within the bureau over the case. "The more I see this, the more I think that there is some significant disagreement within the FBI investigation on what they're dealing with," Moore said. "Right down to the validity of certain pieces of evidence."

The comments follow a Reuters report published July 1 that cited a source saying an FBI official had determined none of the ransom notes sent in connection with Guthrie's disappearance were legitimate. That characterization appeared to conflict with a subsequent statement from the FBI's Phoenix field office, posted to X on July 1, which said the bureau had received "several" ransom notes, with some "deemed to be extortion attempts without legitimacy," while others "may potentially be legitimate and are still being investigated as such." The Phoenix office added that the case "continues to be investigated as a kidnapping for ransom case."

Moore theorized that the discrepancy may stem from Reuters having........

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