CIA & Intelligence

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 25th, 2014These days, federal spies keep a constant watch on U.S. citizens as government officials discuss a number of changes to such questionable activity. With…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 9th, 2014The CIA’s internal watchdog has asked the Justice Department to open an investigation into charges that the Agency may have conducted illegal spying operations…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 23rd, 2014Current federal data on U.S. intelligence contractors are unreliable, stated a recently-released study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).This deficit of solid information undermines…

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…