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Members of the House (Select) Intelligence Committee listen during a hearing at the Cannon Office Building on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the U.S. intelligence community are participating in hearings with both the Senate and House intelligence committees to lay out their perceived global threats to the United States.

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…
Men in suits walk down a hallway.

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…
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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.
A nurse checks on a patient in the acute care COVID-19 unit

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.
The United States Capitol building in Washington DC, USA

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, the former top Russia expert on the National Security Council, testifies during the House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on November 21, 2019. David Holmes sits next to her.

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…
Amb. William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State George Kent testify at Impeachment Hearing

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 collage of witnesses called to testify during the Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry.

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.
Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks to members of the media after Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson met behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee at the U.S. Capitol September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Intel Whistleblower Complaint Q&A Part 2: Constitutional Boogaloo

Developments in the Intelligence Community whistleblower story raise new legal questions.
Retired Vice Adm. Joseph Maguire is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to be confirmed as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, on Capitol Hill, on July 25, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) makes closing remarks after questioning former Special Counsel Robert Mueller about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.

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…
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrives to testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, July 24, 2019 in Washington.

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…
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