Posted on November 21, 2008 by Michael Thomas, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
When: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Where: 311 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C.
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
On Wednesday, December 3rd, the Majority Staff of the House Committee on Homeland Security will host a series of roundtable discussions on the future of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties at DHS. The event, entitled “A Path Forward: [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2008 by Michael Thomas, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
From HSToday:
Congress should consider the impact creating a domestic intelligence agency would have on intelligence analysis and information-sharing at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies that currently hold those responsibilities, the author of a new study on establishing such an agency told HSToday.us.
The Rand Corp., based in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2008 by Michael Thomas
An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office (NAO) to begin operating a stringently limited version of a program which would turn military spy satellites on the United States, sharing imagery with other federal, state, and local government agencies.
Both Congress and the GAO have expressed concern that the [...]
Filed under: George W. Bush, Legislation, President, White House | Tagged: Appropriations, domestic intelligence, GAO, NAO, privacy | Leave a Comment »
McCain and Obama differences on intelligence
From Bloomberg.com:
John McCain and Barack Obama agree that the next president needs to shake up U.S. spy operations. That’s where the similarity ends.
Whoever wins Nov. 4, the next president must overhaul a $47.5 billion intelligence effort, spread through 16 agencies, that’s still struggling seven years after failing to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks and six [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, Commentary, President, White House | Tagged: 9/11, DNI, domestic intelligence, Iraq, John McCain, Michael McConnell, national intelligence, NSA, Presidential campaign, WMD | 1 Comment »