Tag: congress
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 29, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
"Global climate change "represents a clear and present danger to the security and economy of the United States," according to a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate yesterday, and it . . .
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June 26, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
VICE PRESIDENT MAKES SECRECY POLICY A JOKE (LITERALLY)
The arcane details of national security classification policy became the stuff of late night comedy as White House officials struggled to . . .
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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 28, 2007 04:17 PM EDT --
FOCUS OF VP INQUIRY SHIFTS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
Congressional leaders who are investigating the refusal of Vice President Cheney to comply with executive branch procedures for oversight of classification . . .
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May 17, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
Congressional Research Service (CRS) ON NEW U.S. AFRICA COMMAND
U.S. Government plans to establish a new military command to be known as AFRICOM with responsibility for U.S. military forces in Africa . . .
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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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June 18, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
SPOTLIGHT ON SPECIAL FORCES AND INTELLIGENCE
The structure of Army special operations forces, their capabilities and characteristic mission profiles, and the role of intelligence in supporting them are . . .
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June 21, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing last April on the policy of "extraordinary rendition," referring to the seizure of suspected terrorists and their transfer to a foreign country . . .
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February 28, 2008 02:13 PM EST --
"The disdain and uncooperative nature that this administration has shown toward Congress... is so egregious that I can no longer assume that it is simply bureaucratic incompetence or isolated mistakes. . . .
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February 28, 2008 08:19 PM EST --
"The disdain and uncooperative nature that this administration has
shown toward Congress... is so egregious that I can no longer assume
that it is simply bureaucratic incompetence or isolated . . .
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July 07, 2008 05:02 PM EDT --
By classifying some recent Presidential directives on homeland security and restricting their disclosure, the Bush Administration has impeded their effective implementation, the Senate Appropriations . . .
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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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September 12, 2007 03:41 PM EDT --
DoJ: NEW SURVEILLANCE LAW COULD BE "MISCONSTRUED"
Critics of the new Protect America Act who wonder if it will be used to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans have misunderstood the . . .
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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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July 25, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
The U.S. Senate is placing increased emphasis on exposing corruption and profiteering in military contracting in Iraq.
Last week, Sen. James Webb (D-VA) introduced a bill with twenty co-sponsors . . .
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April 15, 2008 09:14 PM EDT --
SENATE MULLS CHANGES IN INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT
The Senate Intelligence Committee has recommended creation of a new
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Intelligence to prepare the
annual intelligence . . .
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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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October 15, 2007 12:38 PM EDT --
IMPLEMENTING DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
Upon lawful request and for a thousand dollars, Comcast, one of the nation's leading telecommunications companies, will intercept its customers' . . .
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