The still-classified programme operates under the authority of a Reagan-era executive order and is therefore “entirely outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection,” they said. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) non-profit said: “These reports raise serious questions about what information of ours the CIA is vacuuming up in...
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Wyden Objects as CIA Seeks Expanded Definition of ‘Covert Agents’
A new Senate intelligence authorization bill would expand that definition of CIA personnel and covert agents whose names are protected from authorized disclosure, according to the Federation Of American Scientists. The expanded definition, if enacted, would likely imply increased withholding of historical and other intelligence records under the Freedom of Information Act. Right now, the...
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Trump Sides With Saudis Over CIA
CIA director Gina Haspel now occupies the warmest chairs in Washington. With President Trump’s statement Tuesday that “we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi,” the agency’s findings in the case of murdered Saudi journalist have been trashed. Congress wants to hear from Haspel, finding her more a credible source...