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CIA closes office that declassifies historical materials The Historical Collections Division is the latest casualty of sequester cuts. The office handling Freedom of Information Act requests will take over the work. WASHINGTON — The budget ax has fallen on a CIA office that focused on declassifying historical materials, a move scholars say will mean fewer …
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13 things the government is trying to hide from you Our government is intentionally keeping massive amounts of information secret from voters By Bill Quigley This article originally appeared on Alternet. “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act. As we see …
The WHO must release report on Iraqi birth defects now The indefinite postponement of the World Health Organisation’s report is alarming scientists and activists Al Jazeera, 11 Aug 2013 13:28 Mozhgan Savabieasfahani Dr Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, a native of Iran, is an environmental toxicologist based in Michigan. She is the author of over two dozen peer …
Saudi Rulers Pour Money Into Arming Militants in Region If Saudi rulers had more brains, they might be formidably dangerous. Even with lackluster intelligence assets, they are already causing enough havoc and bloodshed across the Middle East and North Africa regions, pouring millions-of-dollars-worth of weaponry into Al Qaeda and other Takfiri networks that are destroying …
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Jennifer Hoelzer’s Insider’s View Of The Administration’s Response To NSA Surveillance Leaks from the and-also-the-favorites-of-the-week dept In a bit of fortuitous timing, this week we had asked former deputy chief of staff for Ron Wyden, Jennifer Hoelzer, to do our weekly “Techdirt Favorites of the Week” post, in which we have someone from the wider …
Exclusive: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans By John Shiffman and Kristina Cooke Reuters, 5 August 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them …
Who would have thought — tragic farce aka absurdist theater? Other Agencies Clamor For Data N.S.A. Compiles By Eric Lichtblau and Michael S. Schmidt New York Times, August 4, 2013 , Pg. 1 WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s dominant role as the nation’s spy warehouse has spurred frequent tensions and turf fights with other …
