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According to White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett, the Presidential Briefing Document (titled “Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States,” August 6, 2001) discussed in testimony by Dr. Rice before the 9/11 Commission April 8 hearing will be declassified in following with a procedure not disclosed. Al-Qaeda threat included in Bush memo, sources …
Prepared Statement of Statement of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Ninth public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, April 8, 2004 Transcript of her testimony, as recorded by the New York Times (36 pages)
From CNN, 9/11 panel asks White House to declassify key document Press release: “The National Security Archive at George Washington University today called for the public declassification of the controversial President’s Daily Brief from August 6, 2001 – discussed at length in today’s testimony by national security adviser Condoleezza Rice before the commission investigating the …
RL32336 — FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress: From the report’s conclusion – “Should the Congress choose to influence the direction and/or outcome of the FBI’s intelligence reform, numerous options, from support of the status quo to the establishment of an autonomous domestic security intelligence service, are available for …
From zFacts.com, using Google technology, Find ‘Congressional Research Service’ Reports provides a searchable interface to locate the 1,000 reports that are available to the public free on the web, hosted by a variety of advocacy sources. Supports keyword search as well as recommends and describes searching by report Order Code.
From the March 29, 2004 Federal Register: Review of Regulatory Requirements for IP-Enabled Services: “This document seeks comment on issues relating to services and applications utilizing Internet Protocol (IP), collectively referred to here as ‘IP-enabled services.” These services include, but are not limited to, voice over IP (VoIP) services, other communications capabilities utilizing the Internet …
GPO signs on to using PKI: “The Government Printing Office by mid-summer will authenticate government documents using a public-key infrastructure and digital signatures. Judy Russell, the GPOs superintendent of documents and managing director of information dissemination, yesterday said the office will apply the technology to all documents agencies submit to www.gpoaccess.gov.”
Amidst allegations by Republicans that the testimony of former National Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Richard Clarke, to the 9/11 Commission, contradicts previous classified testimony provided by him to the House and Senate Intelligence committees in July 2002, Clarke called for the release of all his classified testimony from that date. For context and perspective, this article …
March 24, 2004 – Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Joint Hearing: “Progress in Consolidating Terrorist Watchlists — the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).” [Link] Fact Sheet, The Terrorist Screening Center Dec. 4 target set for terrorist list For reference, see U.S. Still Lacks Consolidated …
How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the World Wide Web. Authors: Sherry DeDecker and Patricia Cruse, University of California. Updated: January 6, 2004.
A coaliton comprised of library associations and advocacy groups with a strong interest in freedom of information, has launched a new website, still under construction, called OpenTheGovernment.org. The group is seeking public contributions of the “ten most wanted government documents” to be posted to the site. Areas of interest include national security, environment, health and …
DoD: National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), Freedom of Information Act Program, Final rule, March 19, 2004 [Federal Register] “This part implements the Freedom of Information Act, as amended. It assigns responsibility for responding to written requests made pursuant to the Act and provides for the review required to determine the appropriateness of classification.”
