This lengthy piece from Popular Mechanics doesn’t argue that UFO’s are real, merely that the U.S. government studied the phenomenon of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) far more closely–and secretly–than it cares to publicly admit, and several U.S. senators spearheaded funding for the UAP research, both public and private. These revelations comes from an avalanche of...
Category: Transparency
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Congress to Weigh Surveillance Reforms in Wake of Watchdog Report on FBI
The report of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has had a big impact on Congress. For the first time in twenty years, lawmakers are considering fundamental reforms to laws authorizing the surveillance of millions of Americans. Once sacrosanct on Capitol Hill, the 2002 Patriot Act and the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) are...
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Whistleblower Attorneys Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid: ‘Reckless Attacks’ Threaten Our Client
The anonymous CIA whistleblower who first alleged wrongdoing in President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine has been followed by a succession of on-the-record witnesses who have provided Congress and the public with a wealth of new detail. Nonetheless the President Trump and his defender continue to press for the revelation of the whistleblower’s real name and...
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70 IGs Blow the Whistle on Barr’s Justice Department
This October 22 letter from 70 inspectors general in the federal government is an extraordinary rebuke of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department of Attorney General Bill Barr. By trying to block the White House whistleblower’s complaint from going to Congress, the OLC wrongly interpreted the law and weakened the whistleblower process....
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