Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act permits U.S. intelligence agencies (including the CIA, NSA, and FBI) to conduct surveillance of people who are: 1) not United States persons (a term of art including U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. corporations, and some unincorporated associations); and 2) not located in the United States. Those […]
Category: National Security Policy
Why the Afghan security forces collapsed
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published a report this month examining why the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) collapsed so quickly when the United States withdrew from the country in 2021. The report places much of the blame with the U.S.-Taliban Agreement signed by the Trump Administration in 2020: The […]
Japan to increase defense spending
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more Japanese than ever favor strengthening the country’s defenses and building a stronger army. Today, Japan’s government approved plans to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2027.
The importance of the declassification process
Former FBI agent Asha Rangappa explains why it’s important that everyone, including the president, follows the proper procedures when declassifying documents.
To declassify a doc is to make a judgment call about its danger to our nat sec, and the person making that call needs to explain that rationale – so that those whom it affects, including public, know why.
Asha Rangappa