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Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry

House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA AND PAUL KANE, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Office of Congressional Ethics,  Washington Post Company,  Zoe Lofgren

Soldiers' Data Still Being Downloaded Overseas, Firm Says

The personal data of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers -- including those in the Special Forces -- continue to be downloaded by unauthorized computer users in countries such as China and Pakistan, despite Army assurances that it would try to fix the ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Edolphus Towns,  The Pentagon

Democrats Seek to Tighten Oversight of Surveillance Tools

At hearings in the House and Senate, the officials repeatedly said they had no position yet on legislation that Democrats have introduced that would tighten standards and oversight of surveillance tools authorized under laws, including the USA Patriot ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Fine,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  U.S. Department of Justice

Cybersecurity Plan Doesn't Breach Employee Privacy, Administration Says

The Obama administration has agreed with its predecessor that a special surveillance program to monitor federal Internet traffic for malicious intrusions does not violate the privacy rights of government employees or others they communicate with. By ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  19 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Justice,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  George W. Bush

Intelligence Oversight Bill Faces Obstacles

But the nation's top intelligence official says he may recommend that President Obama veto the oversight proposals because they broaden traditional congressional briefings on covert activities. If the legislation can be reconciled with the House ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Senate Intelligence Committee,  House Intelligence Committee,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Dianne Feinstein

Bush-Era Intelligence Official's Appointment to Declassification Panel Decried

The newest member of a panel that advises the president on declassification policy is a former top intelligence official who oversaw some of the Bush administration's most controversial counterterrorism programs. Michael V. Hayden, a retired four-star ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  10 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency,  National Security Agency,  Michael V. Hayden,  George W. Bush,  Mitch McConnell

Obama wants to keep watch list data secret

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch list information it routinely shares with federal, state, and local agencies, a move that rights groups say would make it difficult for people who have been ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, Boston Globe,  7 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Electronic Frontier Foundation,  U.S. Congress

Officials Pressing for Legislation That Would Keep Terror Watch-List Data Secret

The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch-list information it routinely shares with federal, state and local agencies, a move that rights groups say would make it difficult for people who have been improperly included on ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  5 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Electronic Frontier Foundation,  U.S. Congress

Bush's Search Policy For Travelers Is Kept

The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic device, although officials said new ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA, The Washington Post,  28 Aug 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  American Civil Liberties Union,  Janet Napolitano

Bush-era policy kept to search travelers

screen materials entering the United States," she said in a statement. "The new directives announced today strike the balance between respecting the civil liberties and privacy of all travelers while ensuring DHS can take the lawful actions necessary ...

From ELLEN NAKASHIMA WASHINGTON POST, The San Jose Mercury News,  27 Aug 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  American Civil Liberties Union,  Janet Napolitano

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