Category Archives: Intelligence Community
Intel Authorization Bill Would EXPAND Surveillance Against Americans
Below is the full text of the Dear Colleague circulated this afternoon by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI): Block New Spying on U.S. Citizens: Vote “NO” on H.R. 4681 Dear Colleague: The intelligence reauthorization bill, which the House will vote on … Continue reading
Udall, The Torture Report and The Pentagon Papers Option
Shortly after Colorado Senator Mark Udall lost his reelection bid to Rep. Cory Gardner, it began–first as conversations among civil liberties activists, then in media outlets, and finally Udall himself raised the possibility: on his way out of the Senate, … Continue reading
On Ending The Surveillance State
Some fresh musings on Medium.
“The Transcript Is Classified”
Glenn Greenwald reports today on how Rep.’s Morgan Griffith (R) and Alan Grayson (D) have been shafted by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) regarding their NSA scandal-related inquiries. Here’s the key passage: On June 19, Grayson wrote … Continue reading
Beware The Thief At Your Back Door
From this week’s National Journal cover story on the relationship between NSA and the telecoms: Then, in the late 1990s, a furor erupted over export controls on software encryption. The NSA sought to bar exports of the best encryption technology, … Continue reading
This Is What An Intelligence Failure Looks Like
Dec. 7, 1941: Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (NARA) U.S. military casualties: 2403 dead, 1143 wounded. Cause: Intelligence blunders and gamesmanship in Washington, DC. Source: And I Was There.
The Iraq WMD Intel Fiasco: An Epilogue
This past week, the National Security Archive released a partially declassified CIA post-mortem on the Iraq WMD fiasco. The Archive notes that “The CIA’s post-war review faulted agency analysts for not looking at events in Iraq from the standpoint of … Continue reading
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
What’s it like to be investigated by the #CIA for helping American #veterans? Read this key doc from my memoir to see.
Senate Intel Auth Bill Blasted
Twenty-five groups oppose the bill, and for good reason.
Oxymoron: “Oversight” Of The Intelligece Community
FAS has a good piece that highlights the dysfunctionality of the Congressional “oversight” process vis a vis the Intelligence Community.
Long Strange Journey 