Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents

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TELL Congress: Trump’s “grossly unqualified” pick for acting director of national intelligence has inspired dealmaking in the Senate that could hand Trump his warrantless spying bill. Congress must protect our private data from the authoritarian White House. Sign the petition: Block Trump’s mass surveillance scheme NOW! ADD YOUR [] The post Sign the petition: Senate negotiations to hand Trump terrifying mass surveillance powers first appeared on Attack the System.

The US is pressing Meta to let it review its AI, and Meta is the last holdout

The Trump administration has been pressing Meta to submit its most capable AI models for federal security review, leaving the company the only major US developer that has not agreed to do so, according to a New York Times report. The push, the paper says, has come through emails as Washington steps up oversight of frontier [] This story continues at The Next Web

LIVE NOW: House Panel Examines CIA’s MKUltra Project

The House Oversight Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on June 30 titled “Uncovering the Truth of the CIA’s MKULTRA Project.”

This week on the Hill: FISA negotiations at a standstill after Clayton hearing delayed

The fate of legislation to revive the government’s warrantless spying powers remains murky after President Trump last week called for a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Jay Clayton, his pick to serve as director of national intelligence, to be postponed. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to...

Spy chiefs in revolt over Trump demand for master list of every secret agent - fearing a catastrophic risk

Spy chiefs in revolt over Trump demand for master list of every secret agent - fearing a catastrophic risk

FISA negotiations stalled after Trump postpones Clayton nomination hearing

The fate of legislation to revive the government’s warrantless spying powers remains murky after President Trump last week called for a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Jay Clayton, his pick to serve as director of national intelligence, to be postponed. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to []...Click to read more

National Security Scandal: Anti-Trump Jack Smith Team Violated Classified Info Rules

National Security Scandal: Anti-Trump Jack Smith Team Violated Classified Info Rules

Keystone Kash Orders All-Out FBI Effort to Prove Crackpot Theory

Kylie Cooper/ReutersFBI Director Kash Patel has green-lit a frantic scramble to find evidence supporting one of President Donald Trump’s biggest and most thoroughly debunked theories.The FBI is putting resources into what it is calling a “priority” investigation related to the 2020 election in Georgia, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter—an extraordinary deployment of the nation’s top law enforcement agency in service of Trump’s long-running election fraud conspiracy theories.Documents obtained by MS NOW show that FBI leadership is authorizing intelligence analysts to work overtime, including on weekends and holidays, and that Patel is ordering personnel from field offices across the entire country to participate in the Atlanta-based probe.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Trump administration to require states to adopt election security measures to receive FEMA funds, DHS says

Trump administration to require states to adopt election security measures to receive FEMA funds, DHS says

Social Security Administration’s Bisignano rankles with latest Trump-centric message

Americans need to be able to rely on ostensibly apolitical federal agencies for accurate information, free of partisan taint. The post Social Security Administration’s Bisignano rankles with latest Trump-centric message appeared first on MS NOW.

A charged political climate could wreak havoc on election safety

States say that CISA, a nonpartisan federal agency created post-2016 election to prevent election interference, has been hobbled by the Trump admin. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/26xavyvn Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

Trump DOJ just suffered ‘extraordinarily rare’ court loss over election stunt: expert

The Trump administration’s move to investigate election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, hit a major roadblock as a judge quashed a Justice Department subpoena to reveal those workers’ personal information. That’s something that almost never happens, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN’s Jake Tapper — and it reveals just how far the Trump administration’s []

The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials

Exposed records from the private group included the personal information of a senior White House intelligence official and an active-duty special operations officer.

Tech oligarchs are helping DHS set up authoritarian surveillance state, report says

A new report lays out the ties between wealthy tech industry figures and the Trump administration’s rapidly advancing access to surveillance technology Tech oligarchs are helping DHS set up authoritarian surveillance state, report says is a story from Prism, a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today.

DHS makes counterterrorism grants dependent on states’ election security policies

The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that states will have to adopt a series of election security measures to receive certain federal homeland security grants, linking counterterrorism funding to election administration. Under the new guidance, states seeking Homeland Security Grant Program funding must certify that they have implemented what DHS called “common-sense election security []

White House delays report on US voting machine vulnerabilities due to approaching midterms: Report

US intelligence on voting machine vulnerabilities, identified ahead of the November midterms, has been held back by White House officials. The report details security weaknesses like outdated software and internet connectivity, but crucially, does not suggest any votes were altered or outcomes affected. Disagreements over potential voter confidence impacts and the report's alignment with election fraud claims are cited as reasons for the delay.

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Rep. Luna: The intelligence community has covered up the nature and classification of the MKULTRA experiments for decades. Americans have been misdirected repeatedly and deserve transparency and accountability from the CIA. The intel community’s unwillingness to deliver the truth has fueled dangerous conspiracy theories and eroded public trust in the federal government. This hearing aims to explore the history of the MKULTRA experiments, how they have impacted Americans’ wellbeing, and how the intelligence community can win back trust.https://x.com/repluna/status/2069510355781558348?s=46

They Told You Your Dishwasher Could Spy on You

Back in 2012, Wired published an article titled “CIA Chief: We’ll Spy on You Through Your Dishwasher.” That was not some wild theory. That was based on remarks from then-CIA Director David Petraeus, who was speaking about the so-called Internet of Things at an In-Q-Tel summit, the CIA’s own venture capital arm. Petraeus called these []

‘Double Standard of Justice’: Grassley Reveals Messages on Jack Smith’s Team and Classified Materials

Newly-released messages appear to show that Biden Justice Department officials, including those working for former special counsel Jack Smith, possibly mishandled classified information. Smith’s team investigated President Donald Trump, then out of office, from late 2022 through 2024, for alleged mishandling of classified material. Smith also investigated Trump for his conduct in challenging the outcome...

Ro Khanna, the Democrat Musk wants behind bars: ‘Money has hijacked politics in the US’

The Silicon Valley congressman is leading the push to release the Epstein files and does not rule out a 2028 presidential bid. ‘They are not going to silence me,’ he warns

Trump puts brakes on OpenAI’s newest AI model

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model requires Trump administration approval for early access, raising questions about government control over AI cybersecurity tools.

Trump admin subpoenas NY Times reporters over Air Force One story

The White House instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to oversee a leak investigation into The New York Times' reporting on Air Force One security issues, with Patel reportedly abandoning a trip to Chicago to spend hours at the White House leading the probe

I asked Chuck Gray why he released our confidential voter information to the feds. What have I learned?

Guest columnist and attorney George Powers reflects on his attempts to bring more transparency to the secretary of state’s controversial decision. The post I asked Chuck Gray why he released our confidential voter information to the feds. What have I learned? appeared first on WyoFile .

Congress Reopens MKULTRA Investigation as Lawmakers Pledge to Uncover CIA Mind Control Program’s Full Scope

(NaturalNews) A congressional task force on June 30 held a hearing to investigate the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) MKULTRA program, a covert Cold War project...

Nothing sticks to John Bolton

A spy scandal, a plea deal, and maybe no jail: Bolton’s latest escape act shows how Washington protects its most connected failures Read Full Article at RT.com

ICE Finds a New Way to Dodge Congress About a Secret Protester Database

In response to lawmakers’ ongoing questions about ICE’s surveillance practices, a previously unpublicized letter to Congress reveals Homeland Security officials are taking an increasingly evasive approach when asked if the Trump administration created a database of protesters labeled as “domestic terrorists.” The administration has repeatedly denied that DHS maintains a specific database of US citizens []

Trump Was Indicted Under the Espionage Act. Why Can't We Read the Report?

Trump Was Indicted Under the Espionage Act. Why Can't We Read the Report? (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:America split from monarchy 250 years ago. President testing how far it's come...

Trump says Pulte can Declassify 'whatever' he Wants

Trump says Acting Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), can declassify whatever records he wants and can declassify almost everything.

White House task force reportedly seeking new ‘evidence’ of election fraud: report

Thousands of documents are reportedly being collected from the CIA, FBI, Justice Department, National Security Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence

How the Trump administration is trying to reshape how elections are run

The Trump administration has made multiple efforts to reshape how elections are run with just months before the midterms. The debate over election security has led to tension between the White House and election administrators as the president falsely claims voter fraud is rampant nationwide. Liz Landers discussed more with Gabe Sterling of the Georgia Secretary of State's office.

The Pentagon’s AI Strategy Has a Funding Problem

In the span of two weeks, the White House issued two of the most ambitious artificial intelligence directives in American history. On June 2, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating rapid AI adoption and hardened cyber defense across the government. Three days later, National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 directed every element of the national security enterprise to accelerate AI adoption, anchored by four pillars: adoption, adaptation, assurance, and accountability.The strategy is sound. The harder challenge is execution, and a fiscal squeeze on the Fiscal Year 2026 operations and maintenance accounts threatens to stall it before it begins. On The post The Pentagon’s AI Strategy Has a Funding Problem appeared first on War on the Rocks.