DNI Directive on Unauthorized Disclosures (2007) Released
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence last week released Intelligence Community Directive 701 (pdf), entitled “Security Policy Directive for Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified...
View ArticleCIA Sues Author in Prepublication Review Dispute
The Central Intelligence Agency has filed a lawsuit against one of its own former employees after he published a book on intelligence without first getting the CIA’s prior approval, the Washington...
View ArticleArmy Lawyers Face “Legal Intensity of Military Operations”
Questions of compliance with law now arise in every aspect of U.S. military operations, including the most highly classified clandestine activities, and so legal assistance must be routinely factored...
View ArticleIt’s Not a Kill List. It’s a “Disposition Matrix.”
Terrifying highlights from The Washington Post's new report on the Obama administration's drone-driven targeting killing program and the Obama-approved kill list — sorry, "disposition matrix" — ;that...
View ArticleTimeline of Petraeus scandal scrutinized as Benghazi hearing looms
The dramatic downfall of CIA chief David Petraeus has given rise to political intrigue in Washington as a drip-feed of details concerning his clandestine affair mixes with serious questions over the...
View ArticleWoman who helped run CIA torture may get major promotion
A woman who helped run the CIA’s detention and interrogation program, and oversaw the destruction videotapes of prisoners being subjected to torture, may be appointed director of clandestine services...
View ArticleOfficer who oversaw destruction of CIA torture evidence might get major...
After former National Clandestine Service Director John Bennett retired on Feb. 28, the new official took over as the acting director and is widely viewed as a frontrunner for the position. Some have...
View Article‘Little or no warning’: Obama draws up worldwide cyber-attack target list
The 18-page, classified document, entitled Presidential Policy Directive 20, outlines plans for Offensive Cyber Effects Operations (OCEO), cyber-attacks which would target US adversaries around the...
View ArticleRand Paul wants to challenge NSA programs in Supreme Court
Sen. Paul responded to the news that millions of Verizon customers had their phone logs collected by the federal government by introducing the “Fourth Amendment Restoration Act,” a bill he said will...
View ArticleCIA paramilitary operation emerges in agent’s lawsuit
The agent, whose name has not been released due to the sensitive nature of the case, plans to formally sue the CIA on Friday. Meanwhile details of the suit were published by Foreign Policy on Thursday...
View ArticleSnowden summonned Americans ‘to confront the growing danger of tyranny’,...
According to the Associated Press, Lonnie Snowden celebrated his son’s work "summoning the American people to confront the growing danger of tyranny." The letter was reportedly penned by the leaker’s...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice to review FBI surveillance under Patriot Act
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be delving into cases that involve possible abuse of the intelligence service’s power to collect phone records under the authority of Section 215 of the...
View ArticleSwiss banks apologize for aiding tax cheats, set 2015 deadline for settlements
“The situation would be sorted out within the next 12 to 18 months,” chairman of Swiss Bankers Association Patrick Odier told reporters in Zurich today. “That’s the advantage of having a program.”...
View ArticleNSA can tap into BlackBerry, iOs, and Android systems – report
The NSA has tapped into all the leading mobile operating systems to gain access to contact lists, SMS traffic, notes, and users’ current and past locations, Der Spiegel reported, citing internal NSA...
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