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Why Doesn’t the Intelligence Community Care Whether Its Surveillance Programs Work?
The new cybersecurity bill joins a long list of efforts launched without adequate thought.
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Why the FBI Needs To Protect Its Intelligence Whistleblowers
The FBI director says that whistleblowers are 'critical' to democracy, but the Justice Department doesn’t protect intelligence whistleblowers.
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Hold Your Fire: The Intelligence Community’s Problem With Privacy Officers
They are routinely called terrorists, but they are the Intelligence Community’s own privacy watchdogs and they deserve respect.
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The US Intelligence Community Is Bigger Than Ever, But Is It Worth the Cost?
The intelligence community has grown to an enormous size and Americans have no clue what they’re paying for.
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Our Overreaction to Terrorist Attacks Like Paris Is Only Making Things Worse
The terrorists’ goal is to spread irrational fear. Our intelligence professionals shouldn’t be helping them. By Michael German
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Secretive Private Intelligence Contractors Need Better Oversight
The capacity for secrecy gets even deeper in the private sector – too deep. By Michael German
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Why Police Spying On Americans Is Everyone’s Problem
The militarization on display in Ferguson is nothing compared to the law enforcement intelligence drift you can’t see. By Michael German
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The US Needs a New Church Committee
Two Church Committee staffers say “inadequate” intelligence oversight today needs bolstering. By Michael German
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How the Intelligence Community Can Move Beyond the Torture Report
The fallout from the Senate's torture report will continue for years. Will the Intelligence Community be able to hold itself accountable for its past crimes? By Michael German
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No NSA Poster Child: The Real Story of 9/11 Hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is wrong to claim today’s NSA data collection would have stopped 9/11. We had the technology and data to catch Khalid al-Mihdhar. By Michael German
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