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Transcript of Q&A With National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell

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Transcript: Debate on the foreign intelligence surveillance act, by Chris Roberts, El Paso Times: The following is the transcript of a question and answer session with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, published August 22, 2007.

  • On participation by telecommunications companies in the domestic surveillance program: “…Now the second part of the issue was under the president’s program, the terrorist surveillance program, the private sector had assisted us. Because if you’re going to get access you’ve got to have a partner and they were being sued.”
  • AP: “National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell pulled the curtain back on previously classified details of government surveillance and of a secretive court whose recent rulings created new hurdles for the Bush administration as it tries to prevent terrorism.”

    • DHS OIG Releases New Audits: Terrorist Financing, Hurricane Katrina, National Bio-Surveillance Integration

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    Coordination Between FBI and ICE on Investigations of Terrorist Financing, OIG-07-55 (PDF, 58 pages) Interim Report, Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues, OIG-07-62, July 2007 (PDF, 25 pages) Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, OIG-07-61, July 2007 (PDF, 38 pages) Improvements to Information Sharing are Needed to Facilitate… Continue Reading

    Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007

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    Proclamation by the President: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007 – “On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and during Constitution Week, we celebrate the anniversary of our Nation’s Constitution and honor the Framers who created the landmark document that continues to guide our Nation. In the summer of 1787, delegates convened in Philadelphia… Continue Reading

    DoD to Implement Interim Threat Reporting Procedures

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    Press release: “DoD’s Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) will close the TALON Reporting System effective Sept. 17, 2007, and maintain a record copy of the collected data in accordance with intelligence oversight requirements. To ensure there is a mechanism in place to document and assess potential threats to DoD resources, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for… Continue Reading