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7 Jun 2010, 9:01 am by Steve Vladeck
The so-called "Common Rule," which applies to the CIA and the Department of Defense (along with a number of other major federal agencies), bars such research without the consent of the subject. [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 1:30 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On this day in history, a 29-year-old former CIA technical worker was revealed to be the source of one of the worst information leaks in U.S. history. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 3:29 am by SHG
This was the subject of an action brought by the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act "related to the detention and treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody abroad. [read post]
13 Aug 2011, 3:48 pm by Glenn Reynolds
. “ATF green lighted gun sales to FBI informants (and known cartel associates) by complicit U.S. gun dealers, and then told ATF agents on the ground NOT to interdict the weapon as they flowed to Mexican drug cartels (the Sinaloas specifically) to suit the CIA and U.S. foreign policy. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 2:50 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
The ACLU represented el-Masri in a lawsuit brought in 2005 charging then-CIA director George Tenet violated U.S. and universal human rights laws when he authorized agents to abduct and torture el-Masri. [read post]
23 Mar 2013, 7:15 am by Jack Goldsmith
The CIA’s expanding role in Syria is interesting enough, but here is what caught my eye in the story:  “The move comes as the al Nusra Front, the main al Qaeda-linked group operating in Syria, is deepening its ties to the terrorist organization’s central leadership in Pakistan, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials” (my emphasis). [read post]
16 May 2008, 11:54 am
Allowing so will shed some more light on whether the current administration respects U.S. [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 6:52 am
Instead, at least two lawmakers in the room asked the CIA to push harder, two U.S. [read post]
1 Sep 2020, 3:12 am by Tom Smith
His wife said that one of Schinella’s CIA colleagues contacted her recently and said the CIA has completed an investigation into Schinella’s death, but didn’t provide her with any details. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 5:40 am by Doug
The U.S. needs to consider working with other leading nations to develop rules of engagement in cyberspace, retired general and former director of the CIA Michael Hayden said during a keynote address at the Black Hat conference. [read post]
17 Mar 2007, 4:59 am
" What is plain, however, is that "cruel treatment and torture" (i.e., at least several of the CIA "enhanced" techniques) are absolutely prohibited under Common Article 3, and that torture and assault are also made unlawful under the U.S. criminal code. [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 7:23 am by Steve Slick
I suspect the CIA official and his supervisor regarded this inquiry as a minimal exertion to ensure U.S. taxpayers were paying for literary content that advanced and did not undermine the program’s goals. [read post]
4 May 2020, 8:58 am by Tom Smith
Friday’s news brought the welcome report that U.S. [read post]
25 Apr 2009, 9:23 pm
And Sunday's edition of The Los Angeles Times will contain an article headlined "CIA reportedly declined to closely evaluate harsh interrogations; Current and former U.S. officials say the failure to carefully examine the value of 'enhanced' methods like waterboarding -- despite calls to do so as early as 2003 -- was part of a broader trend. [read post]
13 Jan 2015, 1:17 pm by John Floyd
Since the December 9, 2014 release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report (Report) on CIA torture, much of the news media has focused its attention on […] [read post]