This morning was the Senate Select Intelligence Committee’s open hearing on worldwide threats to the United States. Witnesses included DNI James Clapper, newly-minted CIA Director John Brennan, NCTC Director Matthew Olsen, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Director of the DIA Lt. … Read more »
In connection with the Petraeus matter, the NYT reports:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not inform the Senate and House Intelligence Committees about the inquiry until this week, according to Congressional officials, who noted that by law the
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper today announced new measures within the intelligence community to deter and detect unauthorized disclosures:
(1) mandating that a question related to unauthorized disclosure of classified information be added to the counterintelligence polygraph used
I missed this before Thanksgiving, I’m afraid, but fortunately, the invaluable Josh Gerstein did not:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is joining the chorus of Obama administration voices warning against detainee-related language in a pending Senate defense authorization bill.
Marc Ambinder reports that the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, gave his first speech as DNI on the subject of “domestic intelligence” (at an event on that topic sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center, the national security-oriented arm … Read more »
Jack has already posted the government’s brief in opposition to the ACLU’s and CCR’s request for a preliminary injunction and in support of its motion to dismiss. The government, however, filed some other interesting documents along with this lengthy brief. … Read more »
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In one of the strangest stories I’ve come across in a long time—and there have been many—news reports say an FBI agent shot and killed an Orlando man with ties to deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Ibragim Todashev was not suspected of playing a role in the bombings, but, during questioning, confessed nevertheless to playing a role in a triple homicide in the Boston area. After his confession, Todashev allegedly… Read more »
