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March 2016 Intelligence News

• Intelligence and National Security in American Society, remarks by Lisa O. Monaco, March 30. "Transparency and oversight allow the public to have a more informed understanding of intelligence activities, which is crucial to maintaining the legitimacy of these programs and the public's support for them. At the same time, greater transparency poses challenges for the Intelligence Community and must be balanced with the need to protect sources and methods."
• Civil drones: Tools of peace tested near tools of war by Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 26. "When the state of Nevada set out to demonstrate its civil uses for drones as one of the six FAA-approved test beds for merging the budding industry into the national airspace, it chose a secure swath of high desert where the nation's nuclear bombs were tested during the Cold War."
• House Intel Panel Pushes for Staff Access to Classified Information by Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept, March 23. "Eight members of the House oversight panel for intelligence are asking for the funds to get top secret clearances for personal staffers."
• Chelsea Manning: government anti-leak program a 'blank check for surveillance' by Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, March 18. "Thousands of US government employees under permanent surveillance are being investigated for signs of 'greed', 'ego', money worries, disgruntlement or other flaws in the hope of intercepting the next big official leak, according to a document obtained by Chelsea Manning."
• Could Hillary Clinton face the same fate as David Petraeus? by Tara McKelvey, BBC News, March 15. "It's a question that has dogged her campaign for over a year -- but opinions are divided over whether the allegations made against her constitute a crime or are just the latest partisan sideshow."
• Intel Community Ups Fees for FOIA Requests by Charles S. Clark, Government Executive, March 1. "Researchers seeking declassified intelligence community documents under the Freedom of Information Act will pay higher fees beginning in late April, according to a direct final rule published Friday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence."