It's hard to find any clear winners in the new interrogations set-up confirmed by the White House on Monday, but it's easy to spot the losers: Leon Panetta and Dennis Blair.
Continue reading Interrogations Shake-Up: Blair Needs a HIG.
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The White House beat a strategic retreat last week on its ideas for a new multiagency interrogation unit, giving its task force another two months to come up with a plan everybody can live with.
But if initial reactions are any guide, the White House faces an uphill fight in creating an organization that can satisfy military, intelligence and law enforcement needs at once.
But if initial reactions are any guide, the White House faces an uphill fight in creating an organization that can satisfy military, intelligence and law enforcement needs at once.
Continue reading Spy Agencies Bump Heads Over Interrogations.
The White House confirmed this afternoon it was withdrawing Phil Mudd from Senate consideration to be the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence chief.
Mudd, a career CIA employee who is currently the head of FBI counterterrorism, said the choice was his.
(For a fuller analysis of this case, see "Writing Was on the Wall Before DHS Intel Nominee Withdrew.")
Mudd, a career CIA employee who is currently the head of FBI counterterrorism, said the choice was his.
(For a fuller analysis of this case, see "Writing Was on the Wall Before DHS Intel Nominee Withdrew.")
Continue reading Exclusive: Mudd Withdraws as DHS Intelligence Chief (Updated).
Intelligence officials, angry that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had blocked an FBI investigation into Democratic Rep. Jane Harman's interactions with a suspected Israeli agent, tipped off Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, that Harman had been picked up on a court-ordered National Security Agency wiretap targeting the agent.
In doing so, the officials flouted an order by Gonzales not to inform Pelosi, three former national security officials said.
Continue reading Intelligence Officials Tipped Pelosi To Harman Wiretap.
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