CIA & Intelligence

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 19th, 2014President Obama may soon assassinate a U.S. citizen via drone strike because the administration thinks that person has turned to ‘terrorism’, officials quietly acknowledged…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 6th, 2014The National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance actions have horrified those who are dedicated to preserving Americans’ natural rights and attendant civil liberties. And…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 29th, 2014The Obama Administration must sack intelligence chief James Clapper if it hopes to reform the National Security Agency’s (NSA) spying programs, a number of…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 23rd, 2014The statute cited by the National Security Agency (NSA) as justification for its bulk collection of telephone records “permits only the FBI to obtain…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 8th, 2014A federal judge in December ruled that the Obama Administration must release an unclassified presidential directive, adding that any attempt to withhold the document…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 29th, 2013For over 50 years, U.S. intelligence agencies have given the American citizen an access to unclassified, open-source information from around the world. It’s long…

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…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2013A group representing U.S. police chiefs from America’s major cities is quietly working to increase domesticspying efforts at a local level. If successful, the…

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…

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,”…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 18th, 2013Many people, in this country and around the world, are deeply concerned about the Obama Administration’s drive to punish U.S. government whistleblowers. We at…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 6th, 2013The last week has revealed quite a bit about the Obama Administration.The ruling in the Bradley Manning case has shown that even U.S. military…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 17th, 2013“You can’t go away when you’re under arrest.” “That’s how it seems,” said K. “And why am I under arrest?” he then asked. “That’s…

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…

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,…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 4th, 2013In January, John Kiriakou – a former CIA officer – was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for violating the Intelligence Identities…

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…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 23rd, 2013“A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are…

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…