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February 2016 Intelligence News

• ODNI Mandatory Declassification Review Program: Final Rule with Request for Comments, Federal Register, February 26. "It provides procedures for members of the public to request from ODNI a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) of information classified under the provisions of Executive Order 13526 or predecessor orders such that the agency may retrieve it with reasonable effort. This rule also informs requesters where to send requests for an MDR."
• Homeland Security Is Spilling a Lot of Secrets by Josh Rogin, Bloomberg View, February 25. "The Department of Homeland Security suffered over 100 'spills' of classified information last year, 40 percent of which came from one office, according to a leaked internal document I obtained."
• CIA Releases Declassified Documents to National Archives, CIA news release, February 16. "Today, CIA released about 750,000 pages of declassified intelligence papers, records, research files and other content which are now accessible through CIA's Records Search Tool (CREST) at the National Archives in College Park, MD."
• DoD Releases Military Intelligence Program Request for Fiscal Year 2017, news release, February 9. "The total, which includes both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations funding, is $16.8 billion."
• DNI Releases Intelligence Budget Request for FY 2017, news release, February 9. "The aggregate amount of appropriations requested for the FY 2017 National Intelligence Program is $53.5 billion, which includes funding requested to support Overseas Contingency Operations."
• Obama Keeps Public in Dark About 'Black Budget' Requests by Steven Nelson, U.S. News, February 9. "Agency-specific figures will be reviewed and debated behind closed committee doors, where only some representatives will have a meaningful opportunity for input."
• Obama establishes privacy council, cyber commission by Sean Lyngaas, Federal Computer Week, February 9. "The interagency privacy council is Obama's latest effort to restore public trust after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden disclosed far-reaching NSA surveillance programs."
• 'Eyewash': How the CIA deceives its own workforce about operations by Greg Miller and Adam Goldman, Washington Post, February 1. "Senior CIA officials have for years intentionally deceived parts of the agency workforce by transmitting internal memos that contain false information about operations and sources overseas, according to current and former U.S. officials who said the practice is known by the term 'eyewash'.