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What are the holes in the records retention laws and regulations regarding US intelligence agencies that make it possible for documents to be deleted?
What are the holes in the records retention laws and regulations regarding US intelligence agencies that make it possible for documents to be deleted?
I am asking, because there might be a historical ...
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When can one U.S. agency ask for intelligence or information from another U.S. agency?
When can one U.S. agency ask for intelligence or information from another U.S. agency? Let's say the FBI needs intelligence of information the CIA might have about a certain individual. Can the FBI ...
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What are the implications of allowing politicization of intelligence services?
There is a lot of talk and pearl-clutching, at the moment, about possible politicization of intelligence services. It usually involves current of former intelligence or counter-intelligence officials ...
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What's behind the cat and mouse play of ISI and CIA?
There are several reports about Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) targeting the CIA (example1, example2). But why? I am sure there are specific interests of Pakistan involved in this. What ...
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Why do federal intelligence agencies need the Patriot Act to be allowed to share information with other agencies?
I thought I heard that, without some of the provisions in the Patriot Act, intelligence agencies would not be allowed to share information with other agencies. But the President is the head of the ...
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Government Oversight Committee
How is a committee, for example, the House Intelligence Committee formed, how do the people that oversee the intelligence agencies get selected?
