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CIA Gave Amazon a Leg Up on Cloud Deal

Intelligence agency unfairly allowed the company to weaken security requirements, auditor finds.

Oversight

Daniel Ellsberg on the High Costs of Executive-Branch Secrecy

The president and his underlings, "given a chance to paralyze opposition by practicing secrecy and deception, will use that power."

Management

Top Secret Defense Contractors No Longer Being Reinvestigated

Many personnel with top clearance may be affected by the change.

Oversight

You Are Going to Pay $100 Million for Obama's Trip to Africa

Vacation will require a Navy aircraft carrier, fighter jets, military cargo planes, three truck-loads of bulletproof glass, limos and security.

Oversight

How EPA Fights Climate Change Even When Congress Doesn’t Want It To

By suing the agency green advocates have compelled it to issue a raft of regulations.

Oversight

Argo and a New Resolve to Hold Iran Accountable for 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis

Families make a united push for action in a Father's Day letter to senators.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Good News! You’re Not Paranoid.

With more news of the government surveillance, late-night hosts have plenty of jokes.

Oversight

Congress Ineffectively Oversees National Security, Insiders Say

Only one-fourth in a National Journal survey felt lawmakers were effective checks.

Oversight

Was a U.S. Ambassador Really Soliciting Prostitutes, and Who Covered It Up?

Inspector General memo says an investigation may have been called off to protect reputations

Oversight

IRS Targeting Launched By Cincinnati Staff Conservative, Democrat Says

Republican disputes the claim as congressional investigators continue interviews with agency employees.

Management

What Happened to Eric Holder?

He was a Reagan-appointed judge and a Clinton-appointed prosecutor respected by both sides. Then it all fell apart.