28/02/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The Obama Administration’s Proposed AUMF against the Islamic State: Some Immediate Takeaways
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09/04/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Classified Nuclear Weapon Drawings Missing at Labs
Classified design drawings used in the manufacture of nuclear weapons have not been properly and reliably maintained by nuclear weapons labs managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Department of Energy Inspector General said in a report last week.
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09/04/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
New START Data Show Russian Increase, US Decrease Of Deployed Warheads
The latest aggregate data released by the US State Department for the New START treaty show that Russia has increased its counted deployed strategic nuclear forces over the past six months.
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09/04/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
“Too Mild a Nuclear Option”? National Security in the 1970s
U.S. nuclear weapons strategy evolved during the Nixon administration from a reflexive policy of massive retaliation against a Soviet attack to a diverse range of options for more limited nuclear strikes. The transition was not without some bumps.
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04/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Transparency on U.S. Nuclear Forces Proceeds
President Obama’s declared commitment to provide “an unprecedented level of openness in government” has often been criticized and mocked. Depending on how one measures it, overall secrecy has actually increased rather than declined.
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18/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Secrecy of cyber threats said to cause complacency
The American public does not have an accurate sense of the threat posed by attacks in cyberspace because most of the relevant threat information is classified, according to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who introduced legislation last week to raise public awareness of cyber security hazards.
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18/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Secrecy of cyber threats said to cause complacency
The American public does not have an accurate sense of the threat posed by attacks in cyberspace because most of the relevant threat information is classified, according to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who introduced legislation last week to raise public awareness of cyber security hazards.
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01/03/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Long Strange Journey: A Whistleblower's Tale
In the vast literature of intelligence-related memoirs, the new book "Long Strange Journey" by Patrick G. Eddington stands out in several ways.
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28/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Transcript: FAS Podcast “A Conversation With An Expert,” Featuring Charles Blair, Director of the Terrorism Analysis Project
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16/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Al Qaida: Western Spies Multiply ''Like Locusts''
From the point of view of an al Qaida military leader, Western intelligence agents are now ubiquitous in the lands of Islam, and their operations have been extraordinarily effective. The Western spies are unfailingly lethal, leaving a trail of dead Islamist fighters behind them. Worst of all, they have managed to recruit innumerable Muslims to assist their war efforts.
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16/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Al Qaida: Western Spies Multiply ''Like Locusts''
From the point of view of an al Qaida military leader, Western intelligence agents are now ubiquitous in the lands of Islam, and their operations have been extraordinarily effective. The Western spies are unfailingly lethal, leaving a trail of dead Islamist fighters behind them. Worst of all, they have managed to recruit innumerable Muslims to assist their war efforts.
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16/07/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Al Qaida: Western Spies Multiply ''Like Locusts''
From the point of view of an al Qaida military leader, Western intelligence agents are now ubiquitous in the lands of Islam, and their operations have been extraordinarily effective. The Western spies are unfailingly lethal, leaving a trail of dead Islamist fighters behind them. Worst of all, they have managed to recruit innumerable Muslims to assist their war efforts.
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19/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report on Intelligence Oversight in the 110th Congress
Between 1978 and 2004, the annual intelligence authorization bill was the principal vehicle for the congressional intelligence committees to assert their influence and control over U.S. intelligence agencies, by modifying agency statutory authorities and imposing reporting requirements.
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19/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report on Intelligence Oversight in the 110th Congress
Between 1978 and 2004, the annual intelligence authorization bill was the principal vehicle for the congressional intelligence committees to assert their influence and control over U.S. intelligence agencies, by modifying agency statutory authorities and imposing reporting requirements.
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14/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Where the Bombs Are
Ever wondered where all those nukes are stored?
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14/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Reviving Congressional Oversight
"I believe that the first order of business when we reorganize after the first of the year is congressional oversight," said Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) on November 10 after it became clear that Democrats would control the Senate and House in the next Congress.
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14/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Robert Gates On Openness, Oversight
As Director of Central Intelligence from 1991-1993, Robert M. Gates, the nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense, grappled with questions of government secrecy more than almost any other agency head and helped to inaugurate a decade of increasing openness in intelligence and elsewhere.
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06/04/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
CRS: Transnational Organized Crime
The threat posed by organized crime networks to national security and international stability, and U.S. policy responses to the threat, are examined by the Congressional Research Service in a new report obtained by Secrecy News.
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06/04/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Secret History of the JASONs: Science's Postwar Elite
One of the lacunae in the history of defense policy and science advice to government concerns the role of the JASON advisory panel. A fascinating new book on the JASONs helps to fill in that mysterious gap.
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29/09/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Too many secrets: overclassification as a barrierto critical information shearing
Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security, emerging threats and international relations of the Committee on Government Reform House of Representatives.
108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION - AUGUST 24, 2004
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29/09/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
On line Islamic organizations and measuring webs effectiveness
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29/09/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
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22/04/2005 | High Tech
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress- PDF
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22/04/2005 | High Tech
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress- PDF
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20/04/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
State Secrecy and Executive Power
The Bush Administration's use of the state secrets privilege to block a lawsuit brought by FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds will be challenged at an appellate court hearing in Washington, DC this week.
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20/04/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Border and Transportation Security: The Complexity of the Challenge- PDF
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20/04/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
State Secrecy and Executive Power
The Bush Administration's use of the state secrets privilege to block a lawsuit brought by FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds will be challenged at an appellate court hearing in Washington, DC this week.
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20/04/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Border and Transportation Security: The Complexity of the Challenge- PDF
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA Paramilitary Operations: Issues for Congress
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Strategic Support Teams and Vital Archers
The Pentagon held a background briefing this week to describe the military intelligence units known as Strategic Support Teams that have been providing intelligence collection support and other intelligence services to the military.
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Organization and Functions - US Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency
The United States Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency is responsible for providing "nuclear and chemical technical expertise" to the Army, other US Government agencies and to NATO.
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Even More CRS Products
Perhaps it bears repeating that the Congressional Research Service does not permit direct public access to its publications online.
CRS staffers are specifically prohibited from responding to requests from the public for softcopy versions of their reports
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA Paramilitary Operations: Issues for Congress
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Strategic Support Teams and Vital Archers
The Pentagon held a background briefing this week to describe the military intelligence units known as Strategic Support Teams that have been providing intelligence collection support and other intelligence services to the military.
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Organization and Functions - US Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency
The United States Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency is responsible for providing "nuclear and chemical technical expertise" to the Army, other US Government agencies and to NATO.
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26/01/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Even More CRS Products
Perhaps it bears repeating that the Congressional Research Service does not permit direct public access to its publications online.
CRS staffers are specifically prohibited from responding to requests from the public for softcopy versions of their reports
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