Tag: cia
member name: Steve A, Federation of American Scientists
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March 07, 2007 02:35 PM EST --
CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT IN JEOPARDY
In a "shocking and inexcusable" action that may threaten the institution of congressional intelligence oversight, an anonymous Senator yesterday . . .
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March 05, 2007 01:45 PM EST --
"STATE SECRETS" SHIELD CIA FROM TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
A federal appeals court ruled last week that the overriding need to protect "state secrets" makes it impossible to litigate claims . . .
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June 05, 2007 03:39 PM EDT --
Letters sent to Judge Reggie B. Walton regarding the sentencing of vice presidential aide Lewis I. "Scooter" Libby, who was convicted of obstruction of justice, were released by the court today. . . .
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June 05, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
ODNI DOCUMENT SUGGESTS A LARGER INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Classified budget numbers concealed in an unclassified PowerPoint document suggest that total U.S. intelligence spending is significantly larger than . . .
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July 23, 2007 04:29 PM EDT --
Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has put forward an agenda
to increase transparency in government that includes "publishing
budgets for every government agency."
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August 06, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
A federal court last week accepted a Central Intelligence Agency
argument that the date on which former covert officer Valerie Plame
Wilson's employment at the CIA began should remain classified even . . .
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August 06, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
One day after President Bush signed into law a bill that requires
public disclosure of the national intelligence budget, the House of
Representatives adopted an amendment to prevent that requirement from . . .
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May 23, 2007 08:51 PM EDT --
DoD Inspector General Reviews Detainee Abuse Investigations
The Department of Defense did a poor job of investigating and addressing reports of detainee abuse committed in Iraq by U.S. military . . .
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June 07, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
The constitutionality of the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program was examined from various points of view at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee today.
"The President had ample authority . . .
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September 26, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
STATE DEPT CLASSIFIES REPORT ON IRAQI CORRUPTION
After a congressional committee requested a copy of an unclassified
internal State Department report on corruption in the Iraqi government,
the Department . . .
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August 01, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
The espionage statutes concerning classified information could be
employed against journalists who publish such information without
authorization, a Justice Department official told Congress recently, . . .
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October 09, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
BILL ON CONTRACTOR LIABILITY RAISES INTEL AGENCY CONCERNS
Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill to extend federal legal jurisdiction to crimes committed abroad by U.S. contractors in war . . .
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July 27, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
9/11 BILL REQUIRES INTELLIGENCE BUDGET DISCLOSURE
For the first time since it began debating the issue more than three decades ago, Congress is now poised to adopt legislation that will require -- not . . .
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January 03, 2008 01:59 PM EST --
DOJ ATTORNEYS DAMAGED SECRECY OVERSIGHT, FAS COMPLAINT SAYS
Attorneys at the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel violated the executive order on classification and damaged oversight of . . .
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December 06, 2007 03:54 PM EST --
When the Central Intelligence Agency released several declassified
histories of its clandestine services program this week, it seemed like
a solid indication of progress towards opening . . .
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