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May 2012 Archive

June 2012 archive

May 30, 2012

• CONGRESS WILL ALLOW ENERGY DEPT TO RECLASSIFY NUKE INFO
• CONGRESS'S CONTEMPT POWER, AND MORE FROM CRS
• DECLASSIFICATION OF THE HISTORICAL BACKLOG - A CORRECTION

May 29, 2012

• INSTEAD OF RAMPING UP, DECLASSIFICATION ACTIVITY SLOWED IN 2011
• MOVE TO DECLASSIFY FISA COURT RULINGS YIELDS NO RESULTS

May 23, 2012

• FORMER SECRECY CZAR ASKS COURT TO RELEASE NSA DOCUMENT

May 22, 2012

• RESTRICTIONS ON WIKILEAKS DOCUMENTS CHALLENGED IN COURT
• THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG, AND MORE FROM CRS

May 21, 2012

• ARMY UPDATES OVERSIGHT OF "SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES"
• HOUSE VOTES TO REQUIRE LEAK INVESTIGATION ON ISRAEL-IRAN INFO
• PROLIFERATION OF PRECISION STRIKE, AND MORE FROM CRS

May 15, 2012

• NATO SUMMIT MEETING IN CHICAGO, AND MORE FROM CRS

May 14, 2012

• NSA DECLASSIFIES SECRET DOCUMENT AFTER PUBLISHING IT
• UNDERSTANDING CHINA'S POLITICAL SYSTEM, AND MORE FROM CRS

May 9, 2012

• PENTAGON MOVES TO COMBAT THE "INSIDER THREAT"
• WHAT IS NATIONAL SECURITY "PARTNERSHIP"? AND MORE FROM CRS

May 8, 2012

• USAF DRONES MAY CONDUCT "INCIDENTAL" DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE
• WHAT IS A CYBER THREAT?

May 3, 2012

• COUNTERINTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE UNDER FISA GREW IN 2011
• ADMIN PRESSES FOR RENEWAL OF FISA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

May 2, 2012

• CLASSIFIED RECORDS SAID TO BE MISSING FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES
• US V. JONES ON GPS MONITORING, AND MORE FROM CRS

April 2012 archive

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