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7 Jan 2015, 1:11 pm by Cody Poplin
Customs and Border Protection Agency is disputing the report, saying that drones have “achieved or exceeded all relevant performance expectations. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 10:32 am by Cody Poplin
According to the piece, over the past year, the German government has continued to secretly provide detailed information— cellphone numbers, email address, and other sensitive data—to US intelligence agencies on hundreds of Germans suspected of affiliating with militant groups in Iraq and Syria. [read post]
28 Dec 2014, 8:32 pm by Benjamin Wittes
And in real life, the detainee reporting—and the analysis of it—was, in fact, central to how the agency put two and two together. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 3:06 pm by Parker Higgins
"@War" by Shane Harris Journalist Shane Harris's book covers the rise of what he calls the "military Internet complex"—the increasingly-close relationship between US corporations and intelligence agencies which is changing the Internet in fundamental ways. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 1:07 pm by Cody Poplin
However, yesterday, the head of the Afghanistan’s chief intelligence agency said that the withdrawal of foreign troops has left an intelligence-gathering vacuum, leaving the region vulnerable to even more attacks. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The dominant news story of the past week has been the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s “torture report,” which documents the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques that the Bush/Cheney Administration carried out (mostly via the Central Intelligence Agency), supposedly to reduce the risk of future terrorist attacks. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 12:11 pm by Bill Otis
"The Interview," a comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, is about two television journalists recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 11:22 am by Kent Scheidegger
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey has this op-ed in the WSJ:Considering that the now-abolished Central Intelligence Agency interrogation program adopted in the wake of 9/11 was intended to protect the U.S. from another deadly attack, it is stunning to hear those now criticizing the program issue the solemn reminder that "we are a nation of laws"--while devoting little attention to what was actually in those laws. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 7:06 am by Tom Smith
Considering that the now-abolished Central Intelligence Agency interrogation program adopted in the wake of 9/11 was intended to protect the U.S. from another deadly attack, it is stunning to hear those now criticizing the program issue the solemn reminder that “we are a nation of laws”—while devoting little attention to what was actually in those laws. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 4:00 am by Human Rights at Home Blog
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence finally released its report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention, and interrogation program. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 7:24 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Government Printing Office (GPO) makes available the official and authentic digital and print versions of the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, together with a forward by Chairman Feinstein and Additional and Minority Views (Senate Report 113-288). [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 10:14 am by Wells Bennett
His statement addresses, among other things, the impact of the SSCI report on commission cases: Before turning to the proceedings scheduled for the coming week, I note that this past Tuesday, on 9 December 2014, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence made public the 517-page Executive Summary of its Study on the Central Intelligence Agency’s Former Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (“RDI”) Program. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 9:43 am by Paula
Government Printing Office (GPO) makes available the official and authentic digital and print versions of the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, together with a forward by Chairman Feinstein and Additional and Minority Views (Senate Report 113-288).This document comprises the declassified Executive Summary and Findings and Conclusions, including… [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 3:53 pm by Inside Privacy
The bill also delegates implementation authority for defense-related and intelligence-related information security to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, respectively. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 1:15 pm by John Floyd
A recently released $40 million dollar Senate Intelligence report revealed that in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Central Intelligence Agency tortured terror suspects […] [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 11:01 am by Cody Poplin
The New York Times notes that this was the first televised news conference from inside the agency’s headquarters. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 9:23 am by Ruthann Robson
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law With the publication of the more than 500 page "Executive Summary" of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation... [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 7:18 am by Diane Marie Amann
In addition to the post below by IntLawGrrl and Milena Sterio (Cleveland State), many women in academia and NGOs have contributed to the cybersphere in the wake of Tuesday’s release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program – a document known everywhere as the Torture Report. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on torture entitled: “Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program,” (pdf copy of “Torture Report”). [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 1:25 pm by Wells Bennett
Committee Conclusion #13: Two contract psychologists devised the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques and played a central role in the operation, assessments, and management of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program. [read post]