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Presidential Directives Withheld From White House Website

…have also helped to fill the void in public access. PPD 1 on the Organization of the National Security Council System was obtained from a confidential source shortly after its…

10.11.11 | 3 min read
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The Institutionalization of Open Source Intelligence

…brings the theoretical principles of organization management and communications theory to bear on intelligence policy in original and insightful ways. As Bean shows in depth, the meaning of “open source”…

08.24.11 | 2 min read
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CRS Director’s Retirement Renews Old Questions

…director of the congressional support organization for the past 14 years, making him its longest-serving leader. Although the basic parameters of CRS operation are set by Congress, Mr. Mulhollan’s departure…

01.24.11 | 3 min read
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Sifting Through the Fallout from Wikileaks

The ongoing release of U.S. diplomatic communications by the Wikileaks organization is “embarrassing” and “awkward,” said Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates yesterday, but its consequences for U.S. foreign policy…

12.01.10 | 3 min read
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Disclosure of TSA Manual Stirs Leak Anxiety

…prevent the continued publication of such material on non-governmental web sites (such as cryptome.org and wikileaks.org)? “How has the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration addressed the…

12.10.09 | 2 min read
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