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Dec 27 2014
News
After Scrutiny, C.I.A. Mandate Is Untouched
Over a lunch in Washington in 1976, James J. Angleton, for years the ruthless chief of counterintelligence at the C.I.A., likened the agency to a medieval city occupied by an invading army.
“Only, we have been occupied by Congress,” he told a young congressional investigator. “With our files rifled, our officials humiliated, and our agents exposed.”
The spymaster had cause for
New York Times (News)Dec 16 2014
News
C.I.A., on Path to Torture, Chose Haste Over Analysis
Almost immediately after transferring the first important prisoner they had captured since the 9/11 attacks to a secret prison in Thailand, officials of the Central Intelligence Agency met at the agency’s headquarters to debate two questions they had been discussing for months. Who would interrogate Abu Zubaydah, and how?
A C.I.A. lawyer at the April 1, 2002, meeting suggested the
New York Times (News)Dec 15 2014
Opinion
The Sony Hack and the Yellow Press
Aaron Sorkin: The Press Shouldn’t Help the Sony Hackers. THREE weeks ago Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyberattack by an outlaw group calling itself the Guardians of Peace. They breached Sony’s security and stole tens of thousands of internal documents and emails.
Then they left a threat. The Guardians said they were going to make these private documents public
New York Times (News)May 22 2020
Analysis
How The Obama Administration Weaponized Surveillance Laws To Target Trump
Federal surveillance laws put in place after Nixon were supposed to protect U.S. citizens. The Obama administration used them to spy on political opponents.
The drip-drip-drip of newly declassified documents related to the Trump-Russia investigation, together with recent reports that a classified leak against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn might not have come from an
The FederalistJul 31 2013
News
U.S. Declassifies Documents About Surveillance Programs
The National Security Agency declassified more documents that shed light on formerly secret programs that collect a vast amount of metadata on the phone calls made in the United States, as well as the electronic communication of foreigners.
In a statement, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the release was "in the public interest."
The most significant document
NPR (Online News)Jun 13 2017
Headline Roundup
Questions for Sessions
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify today in public before the Senate intelligence committee, as controversy continues to swirl over President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing in May of former FBI director James Comey, and the continuing investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia.
Fox News Digital CNN Digital New York Times (News)Jun 12 2017
Headline Roundup
Jeff Sessions to Testify
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify Tuesday before the same Senate committee that heard from former FBI Director James Comey last week, keeping national attention on a Russia investigation that White House officials have been trying to push to the background.
Washington Times CBS News (Online) Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 06 2020
Headline Roundup
New York Sues National Rifle Association For Corruption
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Thursday, citing "years of self-dealing and illegal conduct." An accompanying press release said that after an 18-month investigation, the attorney general is suing the organization and four of its leaders for allegedly diverting millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence of friends and former
The Guardian CBN ReutersApr 19 2019
News
What the Mueller report on the Russia investigation says about Vice President Mike Pence
The long-awaited report from special counsel Robert Mueller provides new details from former national security adviser Michael Flynn about his lies to Vice President Mike Pence.
Flynn also lied to President Donald Trump about lying to Pence.
Confronted by the president on Air Force One about whether he falsely described to Pence his conversation with Russia's ambassador, Flynn
USA TODAYJul 06 2020
News
‘Bullets just came from nowhere’: Fourth of July weekend gun violence kills at least 17, including 7-year-old-girl
As many Chicagoans were celebrating the Fourth of July with barbecues and after-dinner fireworks, relatives of Natalia Wallace were experiencing the worst day of their lives.
The 7-year-old girl was one of at least 80 people shot, at least 17 of those fatally, across the city during the violent holiday weekend, starting Thursday afternoon. Gunfire erupted outside her relative’s home
Chicago Tribune