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Gina Haspel, President Trump’s choice to head the CIA, testified on her nomination before the Senate Intelligence Committee. She talked about her over 30-year career with the CIA and answere…

The Senate considered a House-passed defense authorization bill, which authorized $585 billion for defense programs for 2015.

The Senate continued work on a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) and Saxby Chambliss (R), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, were interviewed about cyber-security legislation and the sta…

Witnesses testified on a House-passed bill reigns in National Security Agency’s (NSA) metadata surveillance programs conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Senator…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing on several judicial nominations. Julie Carnes and Jill Pryor were nominated to be judges on the United States Court of Appeals for …

Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) held a briefing on the committee’s report into CIA interrogation and detention programs. The committee voted to declassify …

The Senate Select Intelligence Committee heard testimony on the nominations of Daniel Bennett Smith to be assistant secretary of State for intelligence and research and Caroline Dianne Krass…

The Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Joseph Carlin for assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s National Security Division, and Francis…

Directors from four intelligence agencies gave their annual assessment of global threats to the United States. James Clapper in his testimony urged former National Security Agency (NSA) cont…

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

National security officials and legal experts testified on proposals to reform the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surv…

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)) and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and other senators spoke to reporters about the National Security Agency (NSA) program …

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on the nomination of John Brennan to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) introduce…

James Clapper and other intelligence officials testified about current and future threats to the United States. Among the topics they addressed were cybersecurity threats, the Obama administ…

The Senate voted 63-34 in favor of confirming John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The Senate convened for a legislative session and resumed consideration of H.R.5949, the FISA bill. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.1, the Emergency Supplemental Appropri…

The Senate convened and began consideration of H.R. 5949, the FISA bill. Brian Schatz (D-HI) was sworn in as the replacement for Senator Daniel Inouye, who died on December 17, 2012.

The Senate resumed for an hour of morning business and thereafter resumed consideration of amendments to S. 3254, the defense authorization bill. The Senate adjourned as a mark of further re…

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) spoke to reporters after hearing testimony from former CIA Director David Petraeus at a closed hearing of the Senate Select Intell…