SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2014, Issue No. 3
January 9, 2014

Secrecy News Blog: http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/

NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS: LEGAL BACKGROUND, AND MORE FROM CRS

New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.

National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background, January 3, 2014:

National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background, January 3, 2014:

Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities, January 3, 2014:

Implementation of Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS): Issues for Congress, January 6, 2014 (new):

Free Exercise of Religion by Secular Organizations and Their Owners: Implications for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), January 3, 2014 (new):

Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions, January 7, 2014:

Tax Rates and Economic Growth, January 2, 2014:

International Corporate Tax Rate Comparisons and Policy Implications, January 6, 2014:

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2014 Budget and Appropriations, January 3, 2014:

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues, January 3, 2014:

Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, January 3, 2014:

Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control with Russia: Issues for Congress, January 6, 2014:

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), January 2, 2014:

Threats to U.S. National Security Interests in Space: Orbital Debris Mitigation and Removal, January 8, 2014 (new):

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