Posts Tagged: Central Intelligence Agency

Boehner imposes will in latest debt ceiling fight

February 11, 2024 by Matt Taylor in U.S..

.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) speaks during his weekly news conference February 6, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rather than begging for votes from his Tea Party caucus, the GOP leader and House speaker is plowing ahead with the best interests of the business community in mind.

Obama spying fix already has civil libertarians fuming

January 15, 2024 by Matt Taylor in U.S..

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Proposed reforms of the National Security Agency’s surveillance regime fall short of the mark.

U.S. states open up second front on privacy war

October 31, 2024 by Matt Taylor in U.S..

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Chris Inglis (L), Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander (2nd L), director of the National Security Agency, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Deputy Attorney General James Cole (R) are pictured at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

While President Obama deals with foreign resentment of the scope of U.S. spying, many of his state governments are moving to place limits on drone activity and telephone records.