Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., cautioned his colleagues again expanding FBI surveillance powers, sharing a story about his own experience with former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
A new bill would give the FBI more flexibility to gain warrantless access to online records of Americans.
The CIA claims it has “accidentally” deleted its only copy of the Senate’s lengthy torture report.
The Senate approved a bill to overhaul aviation safety, security and consumer programs and policies.
For decades, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule 1 drug, which means it has no accepted medical use.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An eye-opening Senate report on the CIA’s former interrogation practices is accurate, said the chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay. The Washington Post reports that the prosecutor’s statements contradict those made by former CIA officials and congressional Republicans, who have insisted the report was strewn with errors. Brig. Mark Martins made the statements…
The Democrats said it’s “wholly unacceptable” that Brennan never acknowledged publicly “that this search was improper.”
Encrypted communications are making it difficult for federal investigators to detect terrorism, FBI Director James Comey told a Senate committee on Wednesday.
