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In Utah Senate Race, Evan McMullin Has To Reckon With an Ugly History

In a campaign where much of the focus has been on Donald Trump and January 6, McMullin's CIA career deserves more interrogation.

Reason

After funding tech research, lawmakers look at risk of theft

WASHINGTON — After passing legislation that could pump almost $250 billion into cutting-edge scientific research and semiconductor manufacturing, lawmakers are turning their attention to protecting the fruits of that spending from theft by America’s rivals, particularly China.

Tribune News Service

After funding tech research, lawmakers look at risk of theft - Roll Call

Congress is providing billions for science and tech research and lawmakers are now worried that foreign rivals could steal the results.

Roll Call

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US needs to reform efforts to stop enemy spies, report says

A new Senate study warns that U.S. spy agencies’ efforts to stop China and other adversaries from stealing secrets are hampered by miscommunication and a lack of money and staff at the agency intended to coordinate those efforts

The Independent UK

Senate doesn’t have to release full CIA torture report, judge rules

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate does not have to release its full report detailing the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation and detention program following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Rubio balances Senate Intelligence leadership with defense of Trump in Mar-a-Lago case

After the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last month for classified material, Democrats and Republicans on the historically bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee responded with one voice.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Senators demand probe into Mar-a-Lago fake heiress seen posing with Trump before secret papers raid

Lawmakers are demanding answers after a woman bluffed her way into the golf resort

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Agencies reviewing security risks posed by Mar-a-Lago documents

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are examining the national security risks or damage from the improper storage of highly classified documents by former President Donald Trump at his Florida estate, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines advised two top House Democrats.

Tribune News Service

Senate intelligence committee asks for briefing on potential security risks from Trump’s secret papers haul

The documents may contain information that could compromise the identities of US intelligence assets

The Independent UK

FBI’s Trump search has lawmakers asking for content of documents

WASHINGTON — Senate Intelligence Committee leaders made a bipartisan request to the U.S. government for classified documents the FBI seized in its search of former President Donald Trump’s home, signaling growing pressure from lawmakers for details on the materials.

Tribune News Service

Senate Committee Advances Measure Allowing People With Prior Cannabis Use To Work For CIA, NSA And Other Intelligence Agencies

The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) measure that bans the federal government from rejecting people’s security clearances required for employment at intelligence agencies because of their prior cannabis use.

Benzinga

Congress’ protections for whistleblowers only go so far

WASHINGTON — Congress wants to ensure that former President Donald Trump’s attempted coercion of Ukraine in 2019 — and his effort to thwart and intimidate the official who disclosed it — never recur. But a new law aimed at doing that is insufficient, several whistleblower advocates contended.

Tribune News Service

Congress' protections for whistleblowers only go so far - Roll Call

New whistleblower protections, a response to Donald Trump's first impeachment, don't go far enough, advocates for whistleblowers say.

Roll Call

Musk's Business Ties to China Create Unease in Washington

Elon Musk's ties to China are causing unease in Washington, including among some Republican lawmakers who have been among the billionaire entrepreneur's ardent supporters.

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Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

Two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee say the CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans

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