Will Republicans weaponize intelligence if they take the House?
An expert suggests they may be more bipartisan than you’d expect.
Trump’s top intelligence official is curtailing congressional briefings on foreign election interference
Perhaps he’s worried that the intelligence community is doing its job.
Russia’s disinformation campaigns are targeting African Americans
Russia is masking its involvement by outsourcing its disinformation operations to West Africa
At the heart of Trump’s Taliban bounty crisis are questions about the President’s Daily Brief
Presidential decision making relies on good intel
More online campaigning in 2020 may invite more foreign interference in the U.S. election
New research shows how Russian-sponsored accounts targeted U.S. voters on the right and left
To remove Trump from office, Democrats need these GOP senators.
Here’s what we can learn from Clinton’s impeachment trial.
What to expect when you are expecting a Trump ‘transcript’
The record of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president won’t tell the whole story. Not even close.
Russians tried to hack our elections. Voters overwhelmingly support stronger security measures.
So why doesn’t Mitch McConnell?
Dan Coats just resigned as Director of National Intelligence. Here’s why that matters.
Whoever succeeds him almost certainly will be a less independent voice.
Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia
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With (or without) Gina Haspel at CIA, could Trump revive the torture program?
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Did the U.S. ‘hack back’ at Russia? Here’s why this matters in cyberwarfare.
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Wait, is Sessions invoking preemptive “executive privilege”? Here’s the problem with that.
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When you compare Trump to Nixon, think character not crime
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/a-historic-day-in-washington-in-3-minutes/2017/06/08/9fa8fd52-4caa-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_video.html James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee casts
Why won’t Congress really investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia?
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This is what will happen if Trump brings back secret prisons
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Here’s how we’ll know if Trump engages in secret surveillance
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The failure of constitutional torture prohibitions
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Shopping for international human rights conventions
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When do countries respond to terrorism with torture?
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Why the CIA should want more congressional oversight, not less
[caption id="attachment_18948" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan
The CIA's new 'family jewels': Going back to Church?
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The CIA’s new ‘family jewels’: Going back to Church?
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Could There (Finally) Be a Backlash Against Domestic Surveillance?
There has been a lot of conversation about Glenn Greenwald's
A Bigger Drones Club?
Former OLC head and Harvard Law professor Jack Goldsmith adds
Drone Links
John Brennan's confirmation hearing has just started - it's over