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28 Dec 2015, 4:27 pm
“During the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency bucked the law of averages by recruiting double agents on an industrial scale; it was hoodwinked not a few but many times,” writes Benjamin B. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 4:07 pm
Following the Guardian’s publication of the Snowden revelations, the UK has at times seen a binary debate about the competing public interests of privacy and security, and the legality of the intelligence agencies’ activities which the Snowden documents exposed Legal protections for journalists and their sources The protection of journalistic material, sources and the legitimate activities of journalists is vital to a free press. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 12:55 pm
” Specifically, she notes that “there is a fine line between enacting beneficial reforms and subjecting our intelligence agencies to death by a thousand cuts. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 12:47 pm
In January 2008, federal agents from several law enforcement agencies raided several locations, including four museums in California. [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 7:30 am
Indian intelligence agencies, like their counterparts in the US and Europe, purchase zero-day vulnerabilities. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 1:14 pm
Comprised of some 35,000 fighters, the FSA "is the biggest and most secular of the scores of rebel groups fighting the Assad government" and among the central groups considered “capable of defeating the Islamic State and negotiating an end to the Syrian civil war. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 9:12 am
And: American officials said intelligence was still murky on how the various affiliates are tied to Islamic State leadership, and some disagreements between spy agencies. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 8:39 am
[x] Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Redacted Executive Summary released December 9, 2014, p. 389. [read post]
9 Dec 2015, 3:30 pm
The app is run by a closely-affiliated news agency which “includes video and text reports about life under the Islamic State, announcing battlefield victories and executions of the extremist group’ [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 1:04 pm
Binalshibh “does not suffer from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature of the proceedings or to conduct or cooperate intelligently in the defense of his case. [read post]
2 Dec 2015, 9:03 am
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] called [report, PDF] Monday for the criminal prosecution of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] and other US government officials for their participation in torture programs following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. [read post]
2 Dec 2015, 7:03 am
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency Admiral James G. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 3:02 pm
Agence France Press writes that a map presented by the Russian military on state television “appears to show that some Russian artillery contingents could be operating on the ground in central Syria's Homs region. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 1:14 pm
As the Pentagon expands its investigation into “Centcom, as Central Command is known, where analysts say that supervisors revised conclusions to mask some of the American military’s failures in training Iraqi troops and beating back the Islamic State,” President Obama has ordered “senior defense officials to find out whether intelligence reports had been altered to reflect a more optimistic assessment of the American military campaign against the Islamic… [read post]
15 Nov 2015, 9:02 pm
The NSD provides legal and policy advice on national security matters, litigates counterterrorism, counterespionage and foreign intelligence surveillance matters, represents the Government before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and other federal trial and appellate courts, and conducts oversight over Federal Bureau of Investigation national security investigations and foreign intelligence collection. [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 1:34 pm
On Monday, the U.K. announced plans to significantly increase counterterrorism staff across Britain’s three intelligence agencies. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 4:05 am
Mike Rogers - Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency (NSA), Chief, Central Security Service Robert Cardillo - Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Doug Wise - Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) 21st Century Warning: What Should Policymakers Reasonably Expect? [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 11:38 am
This "increasing reliance on the militias is the latest sign that the United States’ signature effort in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks — building a capable army and police force — is buckling under a challenge from the Taliban" as the militias have reportedly "deepened ethnic divisions and weakened the central government’s influence in many areas. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 10:24 am
Agency task forces exist to deal w/the constitution everywhere—could try to coordinate strategies/share intelligence. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 3:11 pm
Nothing in stone, or law, requires the White House or the intelligence or defense agencies to consult OLC. [read post]
