Intelligence Community Oversight
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) delivered opening remarks at an event on the role of congressional oversight of the intelligence community. Former members of the …
760 viewsSenate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) delivered opening remarks at an event on the role of congressional oversight of the intelligence community. Former members of the …
760 viewsGina 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…
23,200 viewsSenator Dan Coats (R-IN), President Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testified at his confirmation hearing. He vowed to investigate Russia’s hacking of the U.S. elect…
3,474 viewsSenators 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…
381 viewsWitnesses 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…
5,882 viewsSenate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) talked about the potential for future cyber conflicts and possible cybersecurity legislation. Senator Chambliss predicted that…
237 viewsSenate 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 …
503 viewsThe 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…
2,243 viewsGeneral Paul Selva and Navy Vice Admiral Michael Rogers testified at a hearing on their respective nominations. General Selva was chosen to lead the U.S. Transportation Command, and Vice Adm…
5,215 viewsDirectors 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…
4,805 viewsNational security officials and legal experts testified on proposals to reform the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surv…
868 viewsThe 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…
9,532 viewsJames 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…
9,075 viewsSenate Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the Obama administration’s national security leaks. They called for an independent investigation.
312 viewsLeaders of both the House and Senate Select intelligence Committees held a press conference on the recent classified national security information leaks. News reports had detailed government…
7,766 viewsThe Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Matt Olsen to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center. His remarks focused on counterter…
387 viewsThe Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the nomination of General David Petraeus to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Among the topics hie addressed were ope…
4,507 viewsThe Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a hearing on President Obama’s nominee for national intelligence principal deputy director. In her remarks Stephanie O’Sullivan talked about int…
457 viewsThe Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of James Clapper to be Director of National Intelligence. In his testimony he pledged to improve coordi…
894 viewsLeon Panetta testified for a second day about his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In his testimony he retracted a statement made during the first day of h…
332 views