Some recent reports of the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following: “Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture” (pdf), updated April 5, 2006. “Treatment of ‘Battlefield…
The contours of the U.S. intelligence bureaucracy are expanding to include dozens of new “intelligence fusion centers” based around the country. An intelligence fusion center is “a collaborative effort of…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is attempting to revamp the compensation system for intelligence personnel to emphasize “pay for performance” rather than duration of employment. But it…
The House version of the 2007 intelligence authorization bill would grant CIA and NSA security personnel the authority to make arrests for “any felony” committed in their presence, no matter…
Many people who have tangled with the security clearance system have found it bafflingly inconsistent and unpredictable. New research (pdf) on the role of foreign influence in security clearance disputes,…