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Executive, Legislative Branches Battle Over Drone Program In Judicial Branch

A bipartisan group of Senators is endorsing a lawsuit that seeks to force the Obama administration to hand over secret legal justifications for targeting and killing American citizens without a trial. In an amicus brief filed on Wednesday before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) joined three of his Democratic colleagues, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), to call for the disclosure of the legal memos, which were prepared by the Department of Justice’s Office of… Keep Reading

U.S. Spies Win One Legal Battle, Prepare to Fight Another

A lawsuit brought by a digital civil liberties group to curtail mass NSA surveillance hit a wall after a California district court sided with the government, and validated its argument that the state secrets doctrine protects the program that was challenged. But on Tuesday, that same organization launched a new legal battle against a different spying program deployed by the feds against Americans citizens. Judge Jeffery White told the Electronic Frontier Foundation that their clients, former AT&T customers including the case’ namesake, Carolyn Jewel, lacked… Keep Reading

Head of GOP Policy Committee Endorses DHS Shutdown

Time is running out before funding for the Department of Homeland Security dries up–a scenario that the head of the House Republican Policy Committee said he would welcome, if the President doesn’t adopt a policy on deportations suitable to conservatives. Appearing on CSPAN’s Washington Journal on Tuesday morning, Rep. Luke Messer (R-Ind.), was asked if the current GOP strategy of trying to defund President Obama’s executive actions on immigration justified shutting down DHS. “I believe it does,” Rep. Messer replied. “This is about way more… Keep Reading

U.S. Senator and Medical Doctor Launches “Measles-Truther” Immigrant Scapegoat Inquiry

At a hearing intended to reassure Americans that vaccinations are safe, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) suggested that the worst measles outbreak in decades is the result of undocumented immigrants, not conspiracy theories about medical practices. “Tell me, of those infected in the California epidemic, how many were native born Americans and how many had immigrated here?” Sen. Cassidy asked in Tuesday’s hearing on vaccinations before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Dr. Anne Schuchat, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and… Keep Reading

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Former House Intel Committee Chair Now Hocking Cyber Security Insurance

Toward the end of his tenure on Capitol Hill, former House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) faced conflict of interest allegations related to a ten billion dollar government security contract his wife had a stake in. Now out of office, questions may still linger about Rogers’ policy prescriptions after he made a pitch on Monday for companies to invest in cyber insurance policies. “There’s a new sector on cyber insurance,” Rogers said during a panel discussion on digital security at North Carolina State University’s… Keep Reading

9/11 Military Trial Delayed After Interpreter’s Prior Work at CIA Black Site Alleged

The first day of a pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was cut short on Monday after one of the defendants said he recognized a courtroom linguist while being tortured ten years ago at a CIA black site. “The problem is I cannot trust him because he was working at the black site with the CIA and we know him from there,” said Ramzi bin al Shibh, one of five men facing a military trial for their alleged roles plotting the 9/11 attacks. According to… Keep Reading

Pentagon Warns of Threat to US Space Dominance, Opposes Diplomatic Remedies

Just months after the United States voted down several measures at the United Nations aimed at preventing the weaponization of space, a Pentagon official urged the US to maintain supremacy of the final frontier. “US national security space systems are facing a serious growing threat,” claimed Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, the commander of US Strategic Command. An official in charge of overseeing Defense Department space initiatives, Haney also said that “multiple countries have developed and are frequently using military jamming capabilities designed to interfere… Keep Reading

DOJ’s Spying Arm Sought Census Records, Documents Reveal

Newly declassified documents shed light on a disagreement within the Department of Justice over whether or not spies can tap into protected Census Bureau data. According to a 2010 DOJ Office of Legal Counsel memo made public for the first time on Thursday, department lawyers concluded that broad spying powers created by section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act do not trump privacy protections outlined in the Census Act. That legal opinion was released after a several year-long battle between the government and the Electronic… Keep Reading

Anti-Incumbency Rage Working, History Suggests It’s Short-Lived

The “Throw the bums out” anti-incumbent mentality that swept the nation over the last few elections is paying dividends, according to recently released data. However, trends still point to elected lawmakers eventually succumbing to careerism. The average number of years lawmakers have served on Capitol Hill hold has dropped precipitously in the last decade, bottoming out at levels not seen this century. Representatives in the 114th Congress have already served, on average, 8.8 years, which is nearly a full-term less than their counterparts had in… Keep Reading

White House Responds to Moussaoui Testimony, Still Slow-Walking Declassification of Alleged Saudi-9/11 Link

Following testimony from a former al-Qaeda operative alleging that members of the Saudi Arabian government both financed and assisted the terrorist organization in planning attacks against the United States, the White House reconfirmed its alliance with the oil-rich monarchy, and refused to embrace transparency that could shed more light on the matter. “The United State and Saudi Arabia maintain a strong counter terrorism relationship as a key element of our broad and strategic partnership,” spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Thursday. Earlier this week, the… Keep Reading

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