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War in Afghanistan: Campaign Progress, Political Strategy, and Issues for Congress Catherine Dale Specialist in International Security August 29, 2013 Summary This is a critical time for U.S. efforts in the war in Afghanistan. In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama announced that the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan would draw down …
RESOURCES ON CONFLICT IN SYRIA FROM CRS Here are some new and updated reports on the conflict in Syria prepared by the Congressional Research Service: Possible U.S. Intervention in Syria: Issues for Congress, September 3, 2013 As Members of Congress consider the merits of possible military intervention in Syria, they also are reengaging in long-standing …
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BUDGETS REVEALED IN WASHINGTON POST Secret intelligence agency budget information was abundantly detailed in the Washington Post yesterday based on Top Secret budget documents released by Edward Snowden. See “U.S. spy network’s successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary” by Barton Gellman and Greg Miller, Washington Post, August 29. The newly …
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China’s Currency Policy: An Analysis of the Economic Issues, July 22, 2013 International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy, July 23, 2013 The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act, July 24, 2013 Analysis of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), July …
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE A long-running personnel dispute at the Congressional Research Service offers up conflicting visions of the proper role of the congressional support agency, which provides policy and legal analysis to Congress. In 2009, then-CRS Director Daniel Mulhollan fired then-CRS Division Chief Col. Morris Davis, a former Guantanamo prosecutor, …
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DoD Warns Employees of Classified Info in Public Domain As a new wave of classified documents published by news organizations appeared online over the past week, the Department of Defense instructed employees and contractors that they must neither seek out nor download classified material that is in the public domain. “Classified information, whether or not …
Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy Intelligence, Leaks, Oversight, Secrecy In December 1974, when a previous program of secret government surveillance was revealed by Seymour Hersh in the New York Times, the ensuing public uproar led directly to extensive congressional investigations and the creation of new mechanisms of oversight, including intelligence oversight committees in …
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