CIA & Intelligence

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 21st, 2009An eye-opening Congressional Research Service report issued on January 21st, 2009, the day afterPresident Obama took office, discussed the explosive subject of rendition–which the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2009Iran still does not possess the essential material needed to create a nuclear weapon, two leading U.S.intelligence officers told a Senate panel on Tuesday.…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 7th, 2009The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) destroyed twelve videotapes which may have recorded the torture ofindividuals accused of terrorist activity by the Bush Administration, reveal…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 27th, 2009New inter-agency structures supposedly meant to provide a superior intelligence response to national securitythreats were the subject of a recently-disclosed Intelligence Community (IC)Directive, one…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 9th, 2009The Central Intelligence Agency’s destruction of videotapes which may have shown the torture of suspectedterrorists is the topic of “an ongoing criminal investigation” which…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 22nd, 2009Iran has handed down multi-year jail terms to two doctors found guilty of engaging in a US-sponsored plot tooverthrow its Islamic government, reported French…

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $2.3 trillion through 2018, states a Pentagon-funded think tank. Bush’s War Funding Masks True Costs, Says Think…

Its military tribunals exhibit such poor judicial standards that they may well convict innocent people, a former top Gitmo prosecutor said today. Guantanamo is “Stain on America”, Says Ex-ProsecutorBy Cliff…

Afghanistan and Kashmir–two of the globe’s most acrimonious struggles–may be fusing into one. Have Mumbai Terrorists Formed An Allegiance With Al-Qaeda?By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 29th, 2008As the full horror…

A recent judicial ruling dealt a crippling blow to Bush’s rationale of blanket secrecy for his warrantless domestic surveillance programs. Domestic Spying Secrecy Struck Down By D.C. District JudgeBy Cliff…

The public must know what its government is doing for America to remain a democracy. Bush Secrecy Has Made America ‘Less Secure’, Study FindsBy Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 14th, 2008OpenTheGovernment,…

The court re-interprets the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, while keeping its re-interpretations strictly classified. FISA Court Has Created Secret Body Of U.S. LawBy Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 22nd, 2008Senator Ron…

One tech company has even been contracted to run the land Security Department’s entire data center network. land Security Contracts Data Operations To Big BusinessBy Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 12th,…

George W. Bush still is nothing more than a damn liar when the question turns to why he invaded Iraq. Bush Again Denies Lying To Get U.S. Troops Into IraqBy…

‘Rendition operates within the rule of law; [Bush’s] extraordinary rendition…does not,’ points out law expert Louis Fisher. Does Rendition Policy Make Bush An Accessory To Torture?By Cliff Montgomery – Aug.…

It seems the Democratic-run panel used the simplest smear of career politicians–a flat-out lie. Did Senate Panel Lie About FBI Security For Classified Info?By Cliff Montgomery – July 30th, 2008…

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) points out that ongoing legal cases may only be determined by the Judicial Branch. Rhode Island Senator Nails Bush, Congress On Telecom Spying ImmunityBy Cliff Montgomery…

Was Musharraf involved in a multi-national smuggling ring which apparently provided nuclear weapon technologies to North Korea, Libya and Iran? Did Pakistani President Send Nuke Centrifuges to North Korea?By Cliff…

The physicians’ study reveals what happened when ‘the Commander-in-Chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture.’ Physicians’ Group Documents Bush Administration ‘War Crimes’By Cliff Montgomery – June…

Rep. Conyers (D-MI) stated that ‘if not properly policed, the privilege might be misused to conceal…downright illegal activity, maybe impeachable conduct.’ ‘State Secrets’ May Hide Impeachable Conduct, Says Judiciary ChairmanBy…

U.S. fusion centers quietly have come to the conclusion that there is no constant, nation-wide domestic threat from terrorism. Fusion Centers Discover “Insufficient” Terrorist ActivityBy Cliff Montgomery – June 17th,…

A recent DoD study reveals that meaningful oversight of its far-reaching intelligence apparatus virtually has ceased to exist. Bush, Congress Fail To Provide Pentagon Intelligence OversightBy Cliff Montgomery – June…

Dr. Stephen Flynn flatly stated before a House subcommittee that Americans are endangered by Bush’s love of undue secrecy. Freedom Of Information Is Security: Foreign Relations ExpertBy Cliff Montgomery -…