Oct 31 Q&A with former CIA lawyer John Rizzo By Adelyn Baxter The Senate, the CIA and the White House are still negotiating over the delayed release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report examining the CIA’s rendition, detention and interrogation program for al-Qaeda detainees. NewsHour spoke to former CIA lawyer John Rizzo… Continue reading
Oct 01 Obama administration eases policy on preventing civilian casualties in Iraq, Syria By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced in May 2013 that no lethal strike against a terrorist would be authorized without "near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But amid unconfirmed reports of civilian casualties, the White House said… Continue reading
Sep 12 U.S. threatened Yahoo with daily fine if it did not comply with data handover By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Yahoo's free email service could have cost the company an extra quarter of a million dollars a day. The government called for the huge fine in 2008 if Yahoo didn't go along with an expansion of U.S. surveillance… Continue reading
Jul 07 White House won't confirm German spied for the U.S. By Associated Press Earnest says the U.S. is aware that a German citizen was arrested amid allegations he was purportedly working for the U.S. He says he can't comment because Germany is still investigating and the issue relates directly to U.S. intelligence matters. Continue reading
May 26 White House mistakenly outs top CIA spy in Afghanistan By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The officer's name — identified as "chief of station" in Kabul — was included by U.S. embassy staff on a list of 15 senior American officials who met with President Obama during the Saturday visit. The list was sent to… Continue reading
Mar 10 U.S. intelligence officials to monitor federal employees with security clearances By Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials are planning a sweeping system of electronic monitoring that would tap into government, financial and other databases to scan the behavior of many of the 5 million federal employees with secret clearances, current and former… Continue reading
Jan 14 Former Defense Secretary Gates calls NSA leaker Snowden a 'traitor' By Larisa Epatko Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he considers Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor who leaked information about the National Security Agency's secret surveillance programs, a "traitor" who did not work within the carefully constructed system to correct perceived… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Contrasting rulings could take the NSA to the Supreme Court On December 27, 2013 a federal judge ruled that the government's collection of phone records is constitutional. This, in contrast to another federal judge's ruling just 11 days earlier that said it likely wasn't. The case ultimately might be headed… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch What policies should be in place to 'fine tune' U.S. surveillance practices? What policies should be in place to 'fine tune' U.S. surveillance practices?… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Sen. Ron Wyden on balancing the 'teeter-totter' of security and liberty Sen. Ron Wyden on balancing the 'teeter-totter' of security and liberty… Continue watching