House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)
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Time for U.S. Intelligence to Ask: How Did We Alienate so Many Americans?
"Two years before the next round of debate over Section 702, an earlier, deeper, and more wide-ranging conversation needs to take place between the intelligence and civil liberties…

The Year(s) of Section 702 Reform, Part VI: (Another) Looming Deadline
Congress once again has an opportunity — and an obligation — to enact much-needed surveillance reforms to protect Americans’ privacy while ensuring that intelligence agencies…

The Year of Section 702 Reform, Part V: The HPSCI Majority FISA Working Group Report
The latest in our series on the FISA Section 702 reauthorization and reform debate.

Lessons from COVID-19: Intelligence Failures and How to Prepare for the Next Global Crisis
The pandemic was a global intelligence failure, and the world still has not learned the lessons to prepare for the next crisis.

For House, Senate National Security Committees, Stopgaps for Term Limits
Some alternatives to retain experience in key committee leadership for the good of congressional oversight.

Fiona Hill: A “Domestic Political Errand” Eclipsed the “Regular Channel” on Ukraine Policy
Hill’s testimony clarified that what had appeared to be the secretive “irregular” channel actually had sign-off from the president. And while several career officials charged…

Highlights of Taylor-Kent Hearing and Connections to Other Witnesses
Key takeaways from the first day of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry, with crucial insights from top experts on Ukraine, congressional oversight, and rule of law.

A Who’s Who of Ukraine Witnesses
A guide to all of the witnesses who have either testified or have been requested to testify in the impeachment inquiry.

Intel Whistleblower Complaint Q&A Part 2: Constitutional Boogaloo
Developments in the Intelligence Community whistleblower story raise new legal questions.

Handling of Whistleblower Complaint Makes It Impossible for IG To Do His Job
It’s nearly impossible for whistleblowers to trust an inspector general when their agency-head acts as acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire has, publicly rebuking…

Q&A on Whistleblower Complaint Being Withheld from Congressional Intelligence Committees
On September 13, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff publicly announced that he had issued a subpoena to Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire…

Mueller Moments You Might Have Missed
You might not have caught all of these more substantive, significant, and revealing moments on Wednesday, but they were there, tucked away in between the many times Special Counsel…