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The Right Questions on Havana Syndrome and Where to Go from Here

Have attacks really occurred, has the CIA met its obligations towards those injured in the line of duty, have its investigations been credible, and is there a better approach?
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Courts Blocked Georgia’s Hand-Count Rule, But Risk of Election Misinformation Remains

The hand-counting rule provides foreign adversaries with a potentially tailor-made narrative to spread election disinformation.
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The New Intelligence Community Directive on Prepublication Review: Important Reforms and Critical Omissions

The ODNI's prepublication review directive improves several important aspects of the system, but fails to make certain critical changes.

The ODNI’s New and Disappointing Prepublication Review Process

Intelligence Community Directive 711 contains modest improvements, but is a missed opportunity provide uniform standards across agencies.
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The Double Black Box: AI Inside the National Security Ecosystem

The use of AI to advance U.S. national security will complicate the application of constitutional checks and balances.
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…

The Value and Costs of Intelligence Diplomacy: CIA Director Burns in the Spotlight

A former CIA station chief considers his own experience with the practice in relation to Libya and the potential risks involved.
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The Assange Plea and Press Freedom

Assange's case will cast a long shadow over the most important kinds of journalism, not just in the United States but around the world.
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Is Secret Law the Solution to an Overbroad Surveillance Authority?

Congress can legislate both responsibly and openly, as long as the administration declassifies certain information that is already in the public domain.
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Transparency of International Agreements Under the Revised Case-Zablocki Act: An Assessment After Six Months

Despite the substantial improvements in the transparency regime for executive agreements and non-binding instruments, additional changes should be considered.

Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information

The ODNI's framework on CAI still gives the intelligence community too much discretion in determining how certain principles are applied.
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As DHS Implements New AI Technologies, It Must Overcome Old Shortcomings

The DHS can either carry forward in its history of bias or transparently mitigate the harmful impacts of AI on rights and privacy.
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