A Failure of Initiative
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 588
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Iran
Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-02-14
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1442227788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report analyzes four key aspects of US and Iranian strategic competition--sanctions, energy, arms control, and regime change. Its primary focus is on the ways in which the sanctions applied to Iran have changed US and Iranian competition since the fall of 2011. This escalation has been spurred by the creation of a series of far stronger US unilateral sanctions and the European Union’s imposition of equally strong sanctions, both of which affect Iran’s ability to export, its financial system, and its overall economy.
Annual Activity Report of the Committee on Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives for the Period ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReport on the Telephone Records Program Conducted Under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Author: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781495319228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is an independent bipartisan agency within the executive branch established by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. The Board is comprised of four part-time members and a full-time chairman, all appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. On June 5, 2013, the British newspaper The Guardian published the first of a series of articles based on unauthorized disclosures of classified documents by Edward Snowden, a contractor for the National Security Agency ("NSA"). The article described an NSA program to collect millions of telephone records, including records about purely domestic calls. Over the course of the next several days, there were additional articles regarding this program as well as another NSA program referred to in leaked documents as "PRISM." These disclosures caused a great deal of concern both over the extent to which they damaged national security and over the nature and scope of the surveillance programs they purported to reveal. In response to the congressional and presidential requests, the Board immediately initiated a study of the 215 and 702 programs and the operation of the FISA court. This Report contains the results of the Board's 215 program study as well as our analysis and recommendations regarding the FISC's operation.
The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002
Author: Congressional Research Congressional Research Service
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-06-22
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781512371352
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (TPA) is a core legislative measure guiding U.S. policy toward Tibet. Its stated purpose is "to support the aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity." Among other provisions, the TPA establishes in statute the State Department position of Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues and defines the Special Coordinator's "central objective" as being "to promote substantive dialogue" between the government of the People's Republic of China and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, or his representatives. The Special Coordinator is also required, among other duties, to "coordinate United States Government policies, programs, and projects concerning Tibet"; "vigorously promote the policy of seeking to protect the distinct religious, cultural, linguistic, and national identity of Tibet"; and press for "improved respect for human rights."
Understanding Cyber Conflict
Author: George Perkovich
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1626164983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by leading scholars, the fourteen case studies in this volume will help policymakers, scholars, and students make sense of contemporary cyber conflict through historical analogies to past military-technological problems.
Annual Report on the Activity of the Committee on Small Business
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJournal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 1828
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".
Legislative Review and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Handbook of Surveillance Law
Author: David Gray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-09-30
Total Pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9781107137943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveillance presents a conundrum: how to ensure safety, stability, and efficiency while respecting privacy and individual liberty. From police officers to corporations to intelligence agencies, surveillance law is tasked with striking this difficult and delicate balance. That challenge is compounded by ever-changing technologies and evolving social norms. Following the revelations of Edward Snowden and a host of private-sector controversies, there is intense interest among policymakers, business leaders, attorneys, academics, students, and the public regarding legal, technological, and policy issues relating to surveillance. This handbook documents and organizes these conversations, bringing together some of the most thoughtful and impactful contributors to contemporary surveillance debates, policies, and practices. Its pages explore surveillance techniques and technologies; their value for law enforcement, national security, and private enterprise; their impacts on citizens and communities; and the many ways societies do-and should-regulate surveillance.
