The committee was briefed by Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, and Kenneth Rapuano, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security, on the Pentagon’s cybersecurity efforts to secure the Nov. 3 election. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Armed...
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The U.S. Government’s System for Declassifying Historical Documents Is in Crisis
After investigating the state of the JFK Records Collection at the National Archives in College Park Maryland, I have first-hand knowledge that Bill Burr is right. The American people are systematically denied access to their history, thanks to official secrecy. Burr, analyst for the non-profit National Security Archive at the George Washington University, writes: the...
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Troubled Trump Threatens More FISA Disclosures
Amid damaging revelations from the guilty plea of his former personal lawyer, President Trump responded with a threat to reveal information about the special prosecutor’s investigation. Such bluster is a familiar Trump tactic. The right-wing The Daily Caller picked up on Trump’s intentions a couple of weeks ago. “Declassification, we’re looking at very seriously,” Trump told reporters...
