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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 . . . more
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 . . . more
May 02, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --   ARMY CLAMPS DOWN WITH NEW OPSEC POLICY A new U.S. Army regulation on Operations Security (OPSEC) would sharply restrict the ability of soldiers to participate in public life without supervision . . . more
April 24, 2007 03:20 PM EDT -- The Department of Defense has asked Congress to enact two expansive new provisions in the FY 2008 defense authorization act to help it restrict public access to information. One of the provisions would . . . more
September 19, 2007 03:42 PM EDT -- US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD SEES WIDESPREAD IRAQI CORRUPTION "Currently, Iraq is not capable of even rudimentary enforcement of anticorruption laws," according to a confidential draft assessment prepared . . . more
February 08, 2007 04:32 PM EST -- The National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. intelligence agency that builds and operates spy satellites, has released a redacted version of its declassification guide (pdf) for review of historical records . . . more
June 21, 2007 02:50 PM EDT -- The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney proposed to abolish the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), the executive branch organization that oversees the national security classification system, . . . more
November 14, 2007 10:00 PM EST -- An Iranian religious leader reiterated last week that not only is Iran not pursuing nuclear weapons, but that to do so would be a violation of Islamic law. "Production of nuclear bomb and . . . more
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 . . . more
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. . . . more
April 03, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --   The Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel memo on interrogation of enemy combatants that was declassified this week "exemplifies the political abuse of classification authority," . . . more
September 26, 2007 04:50 PM EDT -- SYRIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY A newly updated bibliography of published Syrian research in nuclear science and technology shows that country's limited but persistent activity in various aspects . . . more
March 29, 2007 03:39 PM EDT -- The forthcoming trial of two former officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who are charged with mishandling classified information "won't be a closed trial," said Judge . . . more
August 08, 2007 10:15 AM EDT -- On August 1, the Pacific island nation of Palau became the 139th country to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that would ban all nuclear explosions. Among states that possess nuclear weapons, only . . . more
April 19, 2007 12:27 PM EDT -- COURT RULES THAT AIPAC TRIAL MUST BE OPEN A federal court this week rejected a government proposal to restrict public access to evidence in the forthcoming trial of two former officials of the American . . . more
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 . . . more
June 07, 2007 01:47 PM EDT -- The industrial base of contractors in industry seeking to do business with the National Security Agency has mushroomed in recent years, according to an NSA acquisition official. In 2001, only 140 contractors . . . more
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 . . . more
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 . . . more
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."     . . . more
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