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Declassification Board Tasked to Review Senate Reports

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) has endorsed a proposal to task the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) to review the recent Intelligence Committee reports on pre-war intelligence to…

09.15.06 | 2 min read
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Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas and More from CRS

The use of secret U.S. prison facilities abroad, first reported by Dana Priest in the Washington Post in November 2005, has since been confirmed by President Bush and has become…

09.15.06 | 2 min read
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Conflicting Bills on Warrantless Surveillance Advance in Senate

The Senate Judiciary Committee set the stage for further congressional debate over warrantless electronic surveillance by reporting out competing bills that are mutually contradictory. A bill (S. 2453) sponsored by…

09.14.06 | 2 min read
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House Approves Database of Government Contracts

The House of Representatives approved a bill to establish a publicly searchable database of federally-funded grants and contracts. The Senate adopted the measure last week, and the White House indicated…

09.14.06 | 1 min read
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Reid Proposes Further Declass of Senate Intel Report

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Minority Leader, proposed an amendment that would require the declassification of certain classified portions of a Senate Intelligence Committee report regarding pre-war intelligence on…

09.14.06 | 1 min read
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