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Security-Cleared Population Drops by 10%: The
number of people who hold security clearances for access to classified
information has been reduced by ten percent, the White House said in
budget request documents released last week. The security-cleared
population has grown steadily for several years, with 5.1 million people
eligible for classified access, according to the latest data from
October 2013. Taking the new ten percent reduction into account, the
total number of cleared individuals should now be around 4.6 million.
The actual figure is not available for public release, said Eugene
Barlow, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence. But he said it will be presented in April in the next
annual report on security clearances, as required by the FY2010
intelligence authorization act.
Govt Backtracks on Classifying Afghanistan Data: U.S.
military commanders in Afghanistan have partially rescinded their
effort to classify previously public oversight information concerning
the status of coalition operations in that country after the move drew
sharp criticism. Some officials in the Department of Defense were said
to be unhappy with this unexpected development, especially after its
negative impact was magnified in editorials in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and in critical assessments in the Washington Post.
A Profile of the 114th Congress and More from CRS: Secrecy News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such as a detailed profile of the 114th Congress, U.S.-EU cooperation on Ukraine and Russia and the recent cyberattacks on Sony.
Court to Weigh Judicial Approval of "No Fly" List: In
a pending lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the “no fly”
list, in which the government has asserted the state secrets privilege, a
federal court signaled that it would consider requiring judicial
approval of “no fly” determinations involving U.S. citizens. Judge
Anthony J. Trenga, who presides over the case Gulet Mohamed v. Eric Holder in the Eastern District of Virginia, set a hearing on February 24 to allow the government to supplement its argument that the case must be dismissed on state secrets grounds.
88 Days to Kandahar: The CIA in Afghanistan: Following
the 9/11 attacks, the CIA was tasked to lead the campaign against Al
Qaeda and its Taliban hosts in Afghanistan. There were some initial
successes, as the Taliban was driven from its strongholds and a new
Afghan government rose to power. Yet the process was often chaotic,
confused and haphazard. A new book by Robert L. Grenier, the former CIA
station chief in Islamabad, takes a look at operations in Afghanistan
during this time. |
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