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Pentagon improves security clearance process but focus on quality still needed, report says

By Laurel Adams

After falling behind timelines to complete security clearances for years, the Pentagon has finally caught up, but concerns with the quality

Security clearance investigators must protect data, watchdog says

By Laurel Adams

The federal agency that investigates applicants for senior government jobs and for top-secret national security positions must ensure that i

The more things stay the same: Senate Democratic, Republican leaders re-elected

By Josh Israel

Both parties in the U.S. Senate voted today to preserve the status quo in leadership, keeping Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the helm. As
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Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

Special Report: Kuchma approved sale of weapons system to Iraq

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2002 — Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma personally authorized the clandestine sale of $100-million worth of high-tech

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kroll Associates":

"… to Kuchma, Trudova Ukraina (Working Ukraine) hired New York-headquartered Kroll Associates, a private investigation company, to examine the Gongadze murder. Viktor P …"

"… Founder and Executive Director, Charles Lewis, worked as a consultant for Kroll Associates for 10 months prior to starting the Center for Public Integrity in October …"

Commentary: Total information awareness: A chance encounter raises questions

LONDON, December 22, 2000 — In early November, the United States came within a pen stroke of dramatically curtailing the news medias freedom
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WikiLeaks and the classification follies

By Julian Hattem

Egypt’s leader has trouble hearing, while Italy’s prime minister enjoys “partying hard.” The Sultan of Oman is too busy to read books. A dip

Boxes of top secret documents go missing

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey Smith

The U.S. National Archives has a hard time figuring out where its classified records are.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Espionage":

"… tion, charging six individuals with disclosures that violate the Espionage Act just since the start of 2009. But at the same time, the government its …"

Faux corporate directors stand in for fraudsters, despots and spies

By Gerard Ryle and Stefan Candea

Faux corporate directors stand in for fraudsters, despots and spies.