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Panich52

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Sun Mar 1, 2015, 10:50 AM Mar 2015

How does the intelligence community really feel about oversight?

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http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=78699&qid=3828644

This week on “Rethinking Intelligence,” http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=78672&qid=3828644 a new Brennan Center video series run in partnership with Defense One, http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=78673&qid=3828644 Michael German interviewed http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=78674&qid=3828644 Mary Ellen Callahan, former chief privacy officer at the Department of Homeland Security, about impediments to intelligence oversight. “I got called a terrorist every month that I was there,” Callahan said. “The knee jerk reaction is if you’re trying to put in some obstacles or slow this down, the terrorists are going to win.” German also interviewed Clark Kent Ervin, the first inspector general at DHS, who commented that DHS management saw him as “a traitor and turncoat.” The series addresses serious flaws in U.S. intelligence practices and features experts who offer workable solutions. Read more on Rethinking Intellingence. http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=78674&qid=3828644

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