The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has released three declassified documents related to the bulk collection of telephone data. “In the interest of increased transparency, the Director of National Intelligence [James R. Clapper] has authorized the declassification and public release of the attached documents pertaining to the...
Today marks the 66th anniversary of the signing of the National Security Act. The Act was signed into law on July 26, 1947 by President Harry Truman. At the time, the Act was hailed as a major accomplishment. “This landmark legislation reorganized and modernized the US armed forces, foreign policy,...
Three years ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River Delta. Considered one of the largest accidental marine oil spills in history, the incident took 11 lives and sparked over 130 lawsuits. The environmental impacts...
Today, October 26, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of former President Bush’s signing of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. Known more familiarly as the “Patriot Act”, it lessened the restrictions governing the search of citizens’ records, granted...
