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	<title><![CDATA[Department of Defense Spies Bend Rules to Keep Congress in the Dark]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-naif/department-of-defense-spi_b_230525.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The Department of Defense has failed to report intelligence operations and covert actions conducted by special operations forces and DoD intelligence units to the House and Senate intelligence committees, according to the <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2701/show">House report on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010</a>. (Tip o' the hat to Federation of American Scientists <a href="http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/07/pentagon_intel_ops.html">Secrecy News</a>)</p>

<p>Federal law requires the executive branch to report at all covert actions via the Gang of Eight, which consists of the ranking Republicans and Democrats...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-13T11:36:00-04:00</date_published>
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