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Tag Archives: Intelligence

Second Trump indictment lands, this one from federal charges filed by special counsel

Excerpt: The indictment charges that Trump unlawfully took and retained classified information that did not belong to him after exiting the White House, and that he lied about his actions and obstructed the federal government's efforts to recover the documents, because he didn't want to give them back.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Open Government, Policy Topics
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton kicks off campaign to become Washington’s next Secretary of State

Excerpt: Incumbent Republican Kim Wyman will have a tough, credible Democratic challenger in 2020.
Written by:Caitlin Harrington
Categories:Elections
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Torturer Gina Haspel will be installed as new CIA head thanks to renegade Democrats

Excerpt: Despite the opposition of Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, the United States Senate today voted to confirm torturer Gina Haspel to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, further harming the United States' international standing and handing Donald Trump another victory.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Open Government, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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JCPOA with Iran will increase global security: An open letter to uncommitted Democrats

Excerpt: Text of NPI's open letter to Democratic members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest who have not yet committed to support to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:National Defense, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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When are SSL and VPNs not secure? Why, when the NSA wants to spy on you, of course!

Excerpt: With each pass­ing week, it is becom­ing increas­ing­ly clear that for­mer NSA employ­ee Edward Snow­den’s doc­u­ment dump con­sti­tutes the largest and most impor­tant leak in the his­to­ry of the Unit­ed States of America. While Snow­den remains in Rus­sia, news­pa­pers in the West con­tin­ue to sift through the doc­u­ments he leaked, using those as the basis […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, National Defense, Policy Topics, Technology
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