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On Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual statistical transparency report for 2o18. The full report is available below.
Rep. Elijah Cummings served the first subpoenas issued to executive branch officials in the 116th Congress, and Rep. Jerry Nadler now has the option of following suit.
A new CNAS report explores congressional intelligence oversight on Russian election interference and Jamal Khashoggi.
The tracker aims to make sense of the surge of oversight activity taking place during the 116th Congress
The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold its annual hearing on worldwide threats at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The hearing will feature testimony by Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, CIA Director Gina Haspel, FBI Director Christopher Wray, DIA Director Robert Ashley, NSA Director Paul Nakasone and NGIA Director Robert Cardillo.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy, chairmen of the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight, respectively, have released the below letter regarding the committees' joint investigation into the FBI and Justice Department. The letter is also available here.
The transcript of former FBI Director James Comey's interview before the House judiciary committee and oversight committee is available here and below.
Congressional reforms implemented in the years after Nixon’s resignation hold important lessons for the present day.
On Sept. 13, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the United Kingdom’s bulk data-collection programs violate human-rights law by failing to incorporate adequate privacy safeguards and oversight—but that mass surveillance and intelligence sharing did not violate international law.
The House and Senate intelligence committees have put forth a draft of their priorities for the intelligence community in 2019.