The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2010, Issue No. 62 August 2, 2010 Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ ** AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES, AND MORE FROM CRS ** WEAKNESSES IN INDUSTRIAL CYBER SECURITY DESCRIBED ** TOO MANY SECRETS, THE GREATEST MATH DISCOVERY, AND MORE AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES, AND MORE FROM CRS Sixty-six American troops died …
CAN THE SECRECY SYSTEM BE FIXED? Can the national security classification system be fixed before it breaks down altogether in a frenzy of uncontrolled leaks, renewed barriers against information dissemination, and a growing loss of confidence in the integrity of the system? CAN WHISTLEBLOWERS BE PROTECTED? One of the most compelling reasons for doing so …
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CLAPPER: MILITARY INTEL BUDGET TO BE DISCLOSED The size of the annual budget for the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), which has been classified up to now, will be publicly disclosed, said Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr., the nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence. He said that he had personally advocated and won …
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COSTS OF MAJOR U.S. WARS COMPARED More than a trillion dollars has been appropriated since September 11, 2001 for U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. This makes the “war on terrorism” the most costly of any military engagement in U.S. history in absolute terms or, if correcting for inflation, the second most expensive …
GAO OVERSIGHT OF INTEL AGENCIES IN DISPUTE One of the simplest and most effective ways to strengthen congressional oversight of intelligence agencies would be to task cleared staffers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is the investigative arm of Congress, to undertake specific audits or investigations of intelligence programs. Perhaps the clearest indication of …
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SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2010, Issue No. 50 June 21, 2010 The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified 14 suspected “leakers” of classified U.S. intelligence information during the past five years, according to newly disclosed statistics (pdf). Between 2005 and 2009, U.S. intelligence agencies submitted 183 “referrals” to the Department …
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CORRECTION RE: INTELLIGENCE REFORM I mistakenly wrote that a 2009 report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on the development of the 2004 intelligence reform legislation had not been published on the ODNI web site (“A Look Back at Intelligence Reform,” Secrecy News, June 1). In fact, it was posted by ODNI …
