Opposition mounts to NSA’s data-sharing plans
Civil liberties and government transparency groups are rallying to oppose a new plan that would allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to share more of the information that it collects about people’s...
View ArticleUS won't add countries to visa-free travel list despite EU threat
The Obama administration won’t consider expanding the list of countries whose citizens can enter the United States without a visa even as European Union officials consider revoking visa-free travel for...
View ArticleFeds hand over ‘Fast and Furious’ docs as House appeals for more
The Obama administration on Friday handed House Republicans reams of documents about the controversial “Fast and Furious” gunrunning operation even as lawmakers appealed their case to seek additional...
View ArticleObama administration considers killing lowest tier of info classification
The Obama administration is considering a proposal to kill off the lowest tier of classification amid escalating scrutiny on top government officials’ ability to safeguard sensitive information.In a...
View ArticleACLU sues for docs on CIA detention site
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration on Thursday looking to obtain documents about federal prison officials’ visit to a CIA detention site where people...
View ArticleEmails show feds shrugged off ‘Fast and Furious’ fears
Obama administration emails released by House Republicans on Thursday show that some officials within the Justice Department appeared to ignore congressional concerns about the “Fast and Furious”...
View ArticleSecret spy court scolded NSA, FBI for not deleting data
Analysts within the National Security Agency “potentially” violated the law by improperly failing to delete information collected about people on the Internet, the federal court overseeing U.S....
View ArticleTop Dem: Don’t name new FBI HQ after J. Edgar Hoover
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t want the FBI’s new headquarters to be named after iconic and controversial former Director J. Edgar Hoover.While in office, Hoover “routinely...
View ArticleCIA to pay $400K in benefits to Benghazi victim's family
The CIA is granting death benefits to the family of an American killed in the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.CIA contractor Glen Doherty’s family will receive $400,000 because of the policy change,...
View ArticleRights groups want White House framework banning monitoring of Muslims
More than two dozen civil liberties and human rights groups on Friday pressed the White House to make sure anti-terrorism efforts don’t infringe on people’s ability to freely practice their religion in...
View ArticleJudge allows torture lawsuit to proceed against CIA contractors
A federal judge on Friday allowed a civil lawsuit to proceed against two CIA contractors and psychologists who helped build the agency’s brutal interrogation regime, the first such ruling of its...
View ArticleSpies see obstacles for calculating surveillance of Americans
Federal intelligence officials would face multiple obstacles in calculating the number of Americans whose data is swept up in a large surveillance regime meant to target foreigners, the nation’s top...
View ArticleSenator seeks to block Obama from buying Iran's nuclear material
A Republican senator is trying to block the Obama administration from buying nuclear materials from Iran.Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week filed an amendment to an energy and water appropriations bill...
View ArticleObama vows to 'speed up' efforts to admit Syrian refugees
President Obama on Thursday vowed that his administration would quicken its intake of Syrian refugees to reach the goal of allowing in 10,000 migrants that he set last year.“Administratively, I think...
View ArticleKey Dem wants watchdog to probe little-known FBI program
The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee is asking a federal privacy watchdog to look into mysterious FBI committees designed to prevent people from turning into radical extremists.The...
View ArticleATF traces 364K guns recovered from crime scenes
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) traced more than 364,000 guns that were recovered from international crime scenes in 2015, the agency said Friday.Tracing guns from...
View ArticleUS hopes for ‘imminent’ extradition of ‘El Chapo’
The United States wants Mexico to help put notorious cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in an American jail cell as soon as possible, Attorney General Loretta Lynch indicated on Monday.Hours after...
View ArticleStaff errors kept 152 inmates behind bars for extra time
The federal Bureau of Prisons held 152 inmates beyond their scheduled release date due to staff errors, according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) covering 2009 to...
View ArticleClinton campaign: Email setup ‘not unique’
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign sought to minimize criticism Wednesday after a federal watchdog said she and her aides did not comply with State Department email policies, saying the...
View ArticleNRA blames 'political correctness' for Orlando shooting
The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Tuesday defended gun rights, two days after a gunman killed 49 people and left 53 others injured at a gay nightclub in Orlando."In the aftermath of this...
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