CIA & Intelligence

  • Trump Must Inform Congress of Military Actions

    In recent articles, we at have worked to bring readers a series of deep, multi-part investigations of questionable historical actions performed by the U.S. intelligence community. Those articles have proven breathtakingly unpopular. We hear you. We’ll drop the intended series, work to ‘stay in our lane’ and keep our focus on current events. Now and again, we will still use past events to show why a modern action performed by government officials should not be trusted, or even allowed. But the important thing is to give our readers what they want nd need. Donald Trump admitted on Sunday a failure…

  • Us Spending On Spy Network

    By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 28th, 2013Available evidence suggests that “intelligence spending, measured in constant 2014 dollars, has roughly doubled since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,” revealed a federal…

  • Federal Judge Rules Against NSA Spying

    By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 17th, 2013A federal judge yesterday released a ferocious rebuke to the Obama Administration’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone information, declaring the action “almost Orwellian” and…

  • NSA Infected Computer Networks

    By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 25th, 2013The National Security Agency (NSA) has infected over 50,000 computer networks around the world with malicious software for the purpose of conducting spying activities,…

  • Gao Study On TSA Profiling

    By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 13th, 2013Since 2007, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed a program which profiles airlinepassengers “without validating its scientific basis” or performance, a federal watchdog…

  • Pentagon And Authorized Leaks

    By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 18th, 2013Thanks to a new Pentagon directive, Congress will be informed whenever a Defense official is authorized to release classified data to a journalist. Despite…

  • FBI Drone Use

    By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 28th, 2013The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has deployed unmanned ‘drone’ aircraft for domestic spying activities since 2006, it was recently revealed.The Bureau has spent…

  • NSA Admits To Willful Violations

    By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 9th, 2013“The National Security Agency [NSA] now says that some of its analysts knowingly and deliberately exceededits surveillance authority on occasion over the past decade,”…

  • Us Minimum Wage Since 1968

    By Cliff Montgomery – June 27th, 2013A very short, four-page study outlining the real value of the U.S. minimum wage – or, to be precise, its breathtaking loss of value…

  • Al Gore On NSA Spying

    By Cliff Montgomery – June 18th, 2013“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,…

  • China Hacks Into Us Weapon Systems

    By Cliff Montgomery – May 28th, 2013Computer hackers in China have accessed the designs for a large number of America’s most sensitive weapons systems, The Washington Post declared yesterday.“Among more…

  • Obama And Control Of Information

    The Obama Administration appears more concerned with controlling what people think than just about anything else these days.By Cliff Montgomery – May 21st, 2013The U.S. Defense Department has released to…

  • Appointment To Fisc

    By Cliff Montgomery – May 10th, 2013U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has named Michael Mosman, Judge for the District ofOregon, as the most recent appointee to the United…