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Kerry Aims To Sway Russia Against Syrian Regime

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 05.07.2013 | World

MOSCOW — The United States and Russia pledged Tuesday to set aside more than two years of differences over Syria's civil war, saying they'd conv...

Sabrina Siddiqui

GOP Rep: Only Teenagers In Their Basements Oppose Cybersecurity Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Tuesday that most opponents to his controversial cybersecurity bill are teenagers in their basements as ...

Bachmann's Strange Questions Shot Down

The Huffington Post | Nick Abrams | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

During a Thursday House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) asked CIA Director John Brennan and other...

Chemical Weapons in Syria Will Be Worse Than We Can Know

Jeremy Courtney | Posted 03.29.2013 | World
Jeremy Courtney

The long-tail effects of chemical weapons continue to plague Iraq today, burdening a decimated health care system, and providing horrifying visual fodder for extremists who would incite hatred against the West.

A Tea Party Tipping Point? Michele Bachmann Returns to the Intelligence Committee

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 03.16.2013 | Politics
Michael B. Keegan

Bachmann and the Tea Party have proven time and again that they don't take the business of governing seriously. Boehner and his fellow Republican leaders should stop pretending like they do.

Bachmann 'Intelligence' Role Draws Massive Pushback

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics

A petition protesting the reappointment of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will be presented t...

Group Plans Pushback As Bachmann Reappointed To Intelligence Committee

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) barely survived a Democratic challenge in November, despite a massive cash and spending advantage. Last week, however,...

The Art of Seduction: How These Things Happen, As Explained to the Select Committee on Intelligence

Marie Woolf | Posted 01.20.2013 | Comedy
Marie Woolf

It is for these reasons, including an unfortunate incident in which a chief of staff burst into the Senate dining room, forcibly insinuated himself between me and the member, and hurled the book against the wall, that the book bears this appearance.

House Committee: China Tech Giants Pose National Security Threat To U.S.

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 12.07.2012 | Technology

WASHINGTON — American companies should avoid doing business with China's two leading technology firms because they pose a national security thre...

White House Backs Blacklisting Militant Organization

The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 09.07.2012 | World

The Obama administration has decided to blacklist as a terrorist organization the Haqqani network, the militant organization responsible for some of t...

Amanda Terkel

House Intelligence Committee Members Condemn Michele Bachmann

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Members of the House Intelligence Committee are declining to stick up for their colleagues' anti-Muslim allegations, saying that their c...

Bachmann Embellishes In Harsh Criticism Of Obama

AP | BY THOMAS BEAUMONT and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.28.2011 | Politics

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Friday the Obama administration is striking all references to Islam from Ju...

Sources: Pakistan Arrests Multiple C.I.A. Informants Involved In Bin Laden Raid

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER and KATHY GANNON | Posted 08.14.2011 | World

WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's intelligence service has arrested the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to observe Osama bin Laden's compound before th...

Rep. Myrick and the Xenophobia Card: Violation of House Rules on National Security?

William E. Jackson Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
William E. Jackson Jr.

It is almost as if the House Intelligence Committee member is having an "out of body" experience. Is it not odd that someone sitting on a powerful com...

Saving the DNI from Extinction

Suzanne E. Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Suzanne E. Spaulding

Before any prospective nominee for DNI agrees to take the job, he or she should get a firm commitment from the President to provide the political backing for budget and personnel authority lacking in the legislative charter.

Intelligence Community Must Build Greater Trust

Pete Contostavlos | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Pete Contostavlos

We must keep the trust of intelligence professionals and war fighters on the front lines in order to provide timely, accurate and relevant information to policymakers and those who need it.

House Intel Chair Wants To Re-Criminalize Torture

Spencer Ackerman | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), the chairman of the House intelligence committee, introduced an amendment to the 2010 intelligence authorization bill ...

Drug-Linked Karzai Brother Helps U.S. Intelligence

Jeff Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jeff Stein

A key member of the House Intelligence Committee says the controversial brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai regularly helps U.S. intelligence, but should not be considered a spy.

Justice Officials Refuse To Take Oath Before Intelligence Briefing

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A House intelligence committee meeting was abruptly terminated when Justice Department officials refused to be sworn in before brie...

Nancy Pelosi Claim That CIA Lied Validated By House Intelligence Committee

The Hill | Jared Allen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Democrats on the Intelligence Committee have concluded that the CIA did not fully inform Congress about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques d...

House Intelligence Committee To Investigate Secret CIA Program

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee said Friday it will investigate whether the CIA broke the law by not informing Congress promptly a...

The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeremy Scahill

The "secret" CIA assassination program that Dick Cheney allegedly concealed from Congress sounds a lot like the assassination policy implemented by President Bill Clinton.

House Lays Groundwork For C.I.A. Probe

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The CIA spent at least $1 million on the secret intelligence program that aimed to develop hit squads to kill al-Qaida leaders but ...

Panetta Orders Probe Of Secret Spy Program

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

CIA director Leon Panetta has ordered an internal inquiry into the agency's handling of a contentious and still highly-classified intelligence program...

Schakowsky Seeks Public Torture Hearings In House Intelligence Committee

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

A top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee wants to hold public hearings on the torture of detainees....