So Much for Spy Oversight: The Danger Room Guide to The Next Congress (Part...
It can be easy to forget that “oversight” has two meanings. But longtime spy-watchers never do. “It could mean ‘oversee,’” reminds John Pike, the intel-and-military analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org,...
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What Did Pakistan Know About bin Laden?
The chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee won’t talk about what information is coming out of the computers found in Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. But Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn’t...
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Senate Democrat Launches New Study on ‘Housing Gitmo Detainees in the U.S.’
The idea of closing down Guantanamo Bay and transferring its detainee population to the United States was supposed to be dead. But someone forgot to tell Congress' independent research agency. At the...
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Here Are The 104 Places in America to Put Gitmo Detainees
Think you can't close Guantanamo Bay? A new congressional study prompted by a powerful Senator found up to 104 places inside the U.S. to put Gitmo detainees. It's just going to take some major...
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While Report on CIA Abuse Stays Secret, Senators Blast Tinseltown Torture
Three Senators angrily accuse Zero Dark Thirty of misrepresenting the value of torture. Too bad they're not releasing a major Senate inquiry into the CIA's torture program.
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Senator Warns CIA Against Lying About Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes
The CIA's top ally in the Senate thinks the agency is truthful about killing few civilians with drones. But she says "it's a whole new situation" if the CIA is lying.
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U.N.’s Drone Inquisitor: CIA Torture Was An ‘International Conspiracy of Crime’
The United Nations drone investigator going to have to deal with the CIA for his ongoing inquiry. That's not stopping him from criticizing the agency harshly.
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