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CIA IG Report on 9/11 Declassified by Law

In compliance with a requirement imposed by Congress, the Central Intelligence Agency declassified and released the executive summary of a CIA Inspector General report (pdf) that was generally critical of…

08.22.07 | 2 min read
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Increased Domestic Role for Intelligence Foreseen

Spy satellites and other classified intelligence technologies are poised to play a greater role in domestic homeland security and law enforcement missions, challenging long-standing legal and policy barriers against their…

08.15.07 | 2 min read
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ACLU Seeks Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Records

The American Civil Liberties Union filed an unusual motion (pdf) with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking public disclosure of recent Court orders interpreting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),…

08.09.07 | 1 min read
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New Military Regs on Information Assurance, COMSEC

A newly updated U.S. Army regulation on information assurance defines standards and procedures for protecting classified and unclassified information in automated information systems. See “Information Assurance” (pdf), AR 25-2, August…

08.08.07 | 1 min read
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House Moves to Block Intel Budget Disclosure

Updated below One day after President Bush signed into law a bill that requires public disclosure of the national intelligence budget, the House of Representatives adopted an amendment to prevent…

08.06.07 | 2 min read
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