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Politico
April 24, 2018
The Senate Tuesday quietly confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. U.S. Army Cyber Command chief Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone was unanimously confirmed by voice vote to serve as the "dual-hat" leader of both organizations. The twoÃâà...
New York Times
April 24, 2018
He promised to defend gay rights around the world, to work to rescue the Iran nuclear deal and to reverse the administration's marginalization of American diplomats under Mr. Tillerson. The Senate Intelligence Committee will formally consider Mr. Trump's nominee to replace Mr. Pompeo at the C.I.A., GinaÃâà...
The Hill
April 24, 2018
The hearing comes roughly a month after the Senate Intelligence Committee grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Ãâ÷ Kirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Cybersecurity: Senators eye path forward on election security bill | Facebook isn't winning over privacy advocates | New hacks target healthÃâà...
GovExec.com
April 24, 2018
Klitenic, who testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee in January, has worked as an attorney at the Homeland Security and Justice departments. Ãâû Get the best federal news and ideas delivered right to your inbox. Sign up here. Wyden added that the termination of Meyer's position at the IC inspectorÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
April 23, 2018
In an interview with The Associated Press, Natalia Veselnitskaya also detailed her recent meeting in Berlin with investigators from the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. Like Mueller, the committee is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election. Veselnitskaya met inÃâà...
BuzzFeed News
April 11, 2018
A source close to the committee told BuzzFeed News that the Stein campaign had turned over documents to the committee in recent weeks. A spokesperson for the Stein campaign said that they “will soon be completing [their] submission to the Senate Intelligence Committee.” Virginia Sen. Mark WarnerÃâà...
Newsweek
April 4, 2018
A business associate of President Donald Trump's who tried to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 campaign met Wednesday with the Senate intelligence committee investigating the campaign's ties to Russia and Russian election interference. Felix Sater did not speak with reporters onÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
April 4, 2018
CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifiesduring a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, on Feb. 13, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images). U.S. President Donald Trump is acting as if Mike Pompeo's confirmation as secretary of state is a foregone conclusion, tasking him with organizing a highlyÃâà...
NPR
March 21, 2018
Wednesday's Senate intelligence committee hearing came a day after the panel released a list of recommendations to enhance election security, including improving communication between the Department of Homeland Security and state officials, "rapidly" replacing aging voting machines across theÃâà...
NPR
March 21, 2018
Senate Intelligence Committee Recommends More Security For Midterms, Not How To Fund It ... The Senate intelligence committee met Wednesday to review its recommendations about improving election security ahead of the 2018 midterms. Senators recommend more funding and IT support, but there isÃâà...
NPR
March 20, 2018
State elections officials need more funding and better safeguards against cyberattacks in order to prepare to defend the 2018 midterm elections, according to new Senate intelligence committee recommendations on Tuesday. The findings appeared as primary season is starting to heat up across the UnitedÃâà...
New York Times
March 20, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee offered recommendations on Tuesday for securing American elections from foreign attacks, pressing states to buy voting machines that produce paper ballots and to secure voter databases, and calling for better cooperation between state and federalÃâà...
CNN
March 12, 2018
Still, only the Senate Intelligence Committee appears to be pushing forward at full speed on its probe, as Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is preparing to release transcripts of the committee's interviews with participants of the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting — a potential sign the committee isÃâà...
The Hill
March 12, 2018
Nakasone's open confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee will take place Thursday morning and could be followed by a closed-door session with lawmakers, the committee announced Friday. Should he be confirmed, Nakasone will replace Adm. Michael Rogers, who is expected toÃâà...
NPR
March 7, 2018
BRIAN NAYLOR, BYLINE: At a Senate intelligence committee hearing, Charles Phalen, head of the National Background Investigation Bureau, said failing to disclose ties to foreign governments would have to be weighed with other factors in considering whether to grant someone a security clearance.
The Hill
March 5, 2018
So far we've been able to maintain a bipartisan approach to this." The interview follows another controversy on the House committee regarding leaked text messages. Recently, the Senate Intelligence Committee reportedly found that a Republican member of the House committee leaked to Fox News textÃâà...
Business Insider
March 4, 2018
In addition to bickering within its own ranks, the House committee has also gotten into some friction with the Senate Intelligence Committee. In one instance, when Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr requested to see a copy of the Republican House committee memo, authored by Nunes,Ãâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 2, 2018
Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee suspect House Republicans leaked to conservative media text messages between the panel's top Democrat and a lobbyist he hoped could connect him with the author of a dossier alleging President Donald Trump has ties to Russian officials, according toÃâà...
The Daily Collegian Online
March 2, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel's top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer, according to two congressional officials briefed on theÃâà...
YubaNet
March 1, 2018
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2018 – In light of extensive public reports about financial connections between Donald Trump, Trump associates and Russia, including indictments of top Trump campaign officials for financial crimes, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Senate Intelligence Committee leaders to holdÃâà...
Axios
March 1, 2018
The Senate Intelligence Committee believes that Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee leaked text messages between a lobbyist and Sen. Mark Warner, Senate Intel's vice chair, that detailed attempts to set up a meeting with Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele, per the NYT. The leakÃâà...
New York Times
March 1, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel's top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer, according to two congressional officials briefed on theÃâà...
CNN
February 28, 2018
Mark Warner of Virginia, they should hold public hearings with those involved in Trump's finances, including with Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, and his son Donald Trump Jr. Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee who also serves asÃâà...
CNN
February 27, 2018
But she then agreed to answer some questions about the transition after conferring with the White House, because she had answered them previously before the Senate Intelligence Committee -- although Schiff said there were transition questions not asked by the Senate that she still would not address.
NPR
February 13, 2018
Updated at 3:52 p.m. ET. Russian influence operations in the United States will continue through this year's midterm elections and beyond, the nation's top spies warned Congress on Tuesday. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate intelligence committee that Moscow viewed its attackÃâà...
The Hill
February 8, 2018
The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to issue a report on vulnerabilities in the U.S. election system — the first such product of the panel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the intelligence committee is working on the reportÃâà...
Politico
December 31, 1999
The Senate Intelligence Committee may miss its target for making election security recommendations to states facing potential Russian disruption during the midterms — but its GOP chairman is eyeing a contingency plan. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and the panel's Democratic vice chairman, Sen.
