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Deportation And Wiretapping At The Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- With five weeks remaining in its term, the Supreme Court on Monday morning chipped away at its 20-plus cases yet to be decided by issuin...

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Sanctions, the Dollar and American Foreign Pollicy

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Attack on Iran, Iran Sanctions, The US Dollar, Iran, James Clapper, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World News

It may appear to the unobservant that an attack on Iran has faded somewhat into the background but the level of back-and-forth threats, PR maneuvering and back-channel messaging continues to intensify on a fast and furious track.

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What's Roiling The Oil Market Now?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Oil Market, Arab Spring, Regime Change, Syria Oil, Oil Prices, Bashar Assad, James Clapper, Syria Protests, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, Business News

Another falling dictator might soon make a splash in the oil market. The latest domino set to drop in the Middle East appears to be Bashar Assad of...

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Behind Closed Doors: Congress Trying to Force Indefinite Detention Bill on Americans

Christopher E. Anders | Posted 02.08.2012

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Secret deals for indefinite military detention without charge or trial? Tell Congress we are better than that. It's not who we are as Americans, and it is not the country or the world we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

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Senate Votes To Let Military Detain Americans Indefinitely, White House Threatens Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a controversial provision to let the military detain terrorism suspects on U.S. soil and hold them inde...

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U.S. v. Jones: Where Privacy, Technology and the Constitution Collide

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.10.2011

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"The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little co...

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Top U.S. Intelligence Officials: Al Qaeda Weaker, But Far From Done

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — America's top two intelligence officials said Tuesday that al-Qaida is weaker and U.S. intelligence agencies are smarter since the ...

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Patriot Act Extension Signed By Obama

Posted 07.26.2011

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JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of pos...

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White House Puts The Screws To Congress On The Patriot Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The abrupt decision by Senate leadership on Thursday to reconsider their opposition to a controversial Patriot Act amendment came as a b...

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Is Libya a Turning Point on Humanitarian Interventionism?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samantha Powers, Gulf War, Kosovo, Joe Biden, James Clapper, Tony Blair, UN Security Council, Libya, Bob Gates, Tom Donilon, Barack Obama, Nato, Moammar Gaddafi, Bill Clinton, Iraq, Arab League, Al Jazeera, Kuwait, Hillary Clinton, World News

Muammar Gaddafi's bloodcurdling speech yesterday promising an imminent massacre of his opponents in rebel-held Benghazi may prove to be one of the classic political backfires.

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Top U.S. Intelligence Official: Gaddafi 'Will Prevail'

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's top intelligence official fumbled the Obama administration's message Thursday about embattled Muammar Gaddafi's fa...

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Declaring War on Cyber Metaphors

Aki Peritz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, Cyberattacks, Wikileaks, Terrorism, Cyberwar, Internet, Malware, Technology News

Cyberspace is "not a war zone." Scripting a cinematic showdown, where a digital Wyatt Earp loads his pistol with ones and zeroes and blows away the bad guys at the Cyber OK Corral, is terribly misleading.

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Al Qaeda Still Top Threat, Intelligence Chief Expected To Tell Congress

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The nation's head intelligence official says terrorism is the top national security threat facing the U.S. homeland, and job No. 1 for the intelligenc...

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Saturday Night Alive?

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Clapper, National Security, Terrorism, Politics News

Let's hope Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will hold hearings to determine how it was possible for DNI James Clapper to be so out of the loop over the holidays.

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The President's Daily Map

Christopher Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is time that we take advantage of new means of communication within the national security community, take steps to launch the President's Map, and move beyond the limitations of the President's Daily Brief.

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READ THE MEMO: Intelligence Chief Warns Spy Community To Stop 'Blabbing Secrets'

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a blunt memo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper admonishes intelligence community personnel to stop "blabbing secrets" and said he is...

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New Spy Chief Tells Agents They Should Be Like His Grandchildren, 'Seen But Not Heard'

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The director of national intelligence is telling his people to zip it, after a string of recent leaks to the media. In a memo obta...

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Cartoonist BLASTS Obama Intel Chief For Altering Work

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Cartoons, James Clapper, Daryl Cagle, Daryl Cagle James Clapper, Political Cartoons, Media News

Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle is hitting out at the head of the intelligence community, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, after it e...

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Retired Air Force Officer Confirmed As Director Of National Intelligence

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate late Thursday confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper as the next director of national intelligence, votin...

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James Clapper Named As New Intelligence Chief

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — He's the right guy to ride herd over America's intelligence operations. Or he's a good guy, but the wrong one for that tough job. ...

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McCain Blocks National Intelligence Director Nomination

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain says the senator is blocking President Barack Obama's nominee to be the director of national int...

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John McCain Places Hold On Confirmation Of Intel Chief Nominee James Clapper

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican US Senator John McCain is holding up a full Senate confirmation vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the US intelligence commun...

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Senate Committee Expected To Approve Intelligence Chief Nominee

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, is expected to be approved by the Senate Intel...

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When Paperwork Power Struggles Turn Dangerous

Ed Hooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diluted responsibilities and the lack of definitive chains of command in the U.S. Intelligence community are critically dangerous issues in the public eye.

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Intelligence Director Nominee Vows To Rein In Disparate Agencies, Downplays Military Background

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Pledging to increase trust with Congress, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper said Tuesday he would be candid with lawmaker...

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