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June 07, 2016

While Considering New Spy Watchdog, Dems Lament Lack of Oversight at CIA

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Democratic Senators lodged complaints with the Obama Administration on Tuesday for not nominating a new inspector general to keep watch over the Central Intelligence Agency. Addressing the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing to consider Susan Gibson, the president’s nominee to head the IG desk at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) hit out at watchdog vacancies throughout the intelligence community. “This month,” Feinstein noted in prepared remarks, “the NSA inspector general will be stepping down and the CIA has been without a Senate-confirmed…

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Elizabeth Warren: Top House GOPer “Sprinting Toward Trump Towers” With Dodd-Frank Repeal

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The highest ranking Congressman overseeing banking regulation met with Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, after unveiling a plan to repeal much of Dodd-Frank. House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) declined to go into the gritty details when asked about the meeting on Fox Business Channel. He said Trump “well-received the message” and is “interested in the policy.” “I’m not going to go into the blow-by-blow,” he said. Hensarling, who endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the primary and is backing Trump…

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House Dems Blast Drug War-Boosting Bill Signed into Law Last Month By Obama

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A group of House Democrats blasted legislation signed into law last month by President Obama, saying it will expand Drug War-style punishments for low-level criminals. The lawmakers criticized the measure for exposing more people to mandatory minimum sentences, while “lowering the intent requirement” needed to prove a defendant conspired to import drugs into the United States. Before the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 (TDTA) was signed into law, prosecutors had to demonstrate that the accused knew the drugs were destined for the US. “We…

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Voters Will Be Left Hanging By State Dept.’s Clinton Email Slow-Walk

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The State Department is poised to wait until after the general election to publish informative emails sent and received through a private server by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as top US diplomat. Correspondence revealing just how involved Secretary Clinton was in pushing the contentious Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) won’t be released until late November, the International Business Times reported on Monday. Officials at State initially told reporter David Sirota that his Freedom of Information Act request for Secretary Clinton’s messages on TPP would be fulfilled…

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