Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)
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SSCI Votes to Declassify Portions of CIA Interrogation Report [Updated with Statement from Sen. Feinstein]
Breaking news this afternoon: the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has voted to declassify portions of its report on the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation and detention…
The Difficulty of Relative Judgments about the Utility of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: The SSCI Report in Context
Transparency is critically important to the legitimacy and effectiveness of democratic governments. Transparency facilitates both the responsiveness of government to the needs…
Constitutional Conflict & Congressional Oversight
This week has seen a long-smoldering Senate investigation of CIA torture allegations burst into a public conflagration between the CIA and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.…
Floor Statement from Senator Feinstein on CIA-SSCI Controversy
This morning, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), sharply criticized the CIA in a speech on the floor of the Senate about the…
SSCI Hearing on Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States
Happening now, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding an open hearing on “Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States.”…
Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Benghazi Report
This morning the Senate intelligence committee released its long-delayed report on the attack of the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. The report, which includes a…
Senators Call on Obama Administration to Provide the Public More Information on Drone Strikes
Last week, just before the Thanksgiving break, Senators Wyden, Udall and Heinrich sent Attorney General Eric Holder an important Thank You note. In their Nov. 26 letter, the senators…
ACLU Sues CIA for Release of Torture Reports
Yesterday, the ACLU filed a FOIA lawsuit to compel the CIA to disclose two reports on the CIA’s post-9/11 detention and interrogation programs. The full complaint can…
Drone Reporting Requirement in the Intelligence Authorization Act and Congress’ Ability to Compel Public Disclosure
Last week, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted 13-2 to approve the 2014 Intelligence Authorization Act. Included in this appropriations bill is a new measure that would require…
Trick or Treat?: New FISA “Reform” Legislation Passes Senate Intelligence Committee
Earlier this week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein expressed outrage that “the Senate Intelligence Committee was not satisfactorily informed” of the NSA’s surveillance…