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SSCI Wants Copies of Full Torture Report Returned:
Senator Richard Burr, the new chair of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence, wrote to President Obama last week asking that all copies
of the classified 6,700 page Committee report on CIA interrogation
practices be returned immediately to the Committee. While the redacted
summary of the report has been publicly released, the full report has
not been made public. Among other things, the proposed return of the
full report may be intended to prevent its potential future
accessibility through the Freedom of Information Act, which does not
apply to records in congressional custody.
The Nuclear Weapons "Procurement Holiday:" It
has become popular among military and congressional leaders to argue
that the United States has had a “procurement holiday” in nuclear force
planning for the past two decades. During this "holiday," the United
States has been busy modernizing and upgrading its nuclear forces
including: submarines, bombers, missiles, cruise missiles, gravity
bombs, reentry vehicles, command and control satellites, warhead
surveillance and production facilities. Hans Kristensen writes that with
the next cycle of upgrades, there needs to be a calm and intelligent
assessment by policymakers to identify how much modernization and what
types of systems are needed.
US To Detainee: The Government "Regrets Any Hardship:" In
an unusual gesture, the U.S. government last week apologized to
Abdullah al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in 2003 and detained
as a material witness in connection with a terrorism-related case. Mr.
Al-Kidd, represented by American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee
Gelernt, challenged his detention as unconstitutional and inhumane. Now
the case has been settled, with an official apology and a payment of
$385,000. This sort of admission of regret is rare. The government
apologizes much less frequently than it perpetrates injuries that are
inappropriate or unwarranted.
Instability in Yemen and More from CRS:
Secrecy News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such
as the impact of widespread poverty In Yemen and its contribution to the
current upheaval, Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY15 and
North Korea and terrorism.
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