Tag: us politics
member name: Steve A, Federation of American Scientists
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October 19, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
In a remarkable episode from the Civil War that is not as widely known as it might be, General Ulysses S. Grant issued Order No. 11 on December 17, 1862 expelling all Jews from Kentucky, Tennessee, . . .
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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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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 . . .
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May 07, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
ARMY DOCUMENTS POSTED "ILLEGALLY," ARMY SAYS
A U.S. Army official told the Federation of American Scientists that Army documents on the FAS web site had been published by FAS "illegally" . . .
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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 . . .
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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 18, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
DOD UPDATES POLICY ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
To qualify for conscientious objector status and to be granted military discharge on that basis, an individual must oppose all wars, not just a particular . . .
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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, . . .
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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 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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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," . . .
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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 . . .
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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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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 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 . . .
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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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