Oracle Corporation spent approximately $11 million on federal lobbying during 2024, maintaining its position among an exclusive group of companies that exceeded eight figures in annual lobbying expenditures. This lobbying investment placed Oracle alongside tech giants including Amazon, …
President Bush nominates Air Force General Michael Hayden as CIA Director despite his role in implementing illegal NSA warrantless surveillance programs. Hayden’s appointment represented unprecedented militarization of CIA leadership and sparked Senate concerns about further politicization of …
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NSA intelligence analyst Russell Tice contacts the Senate Intelligence Committee and journalists to report illegal domestic surveillance programs targeting American citizens without warrants. Tice revealed that NSA was conducting mass surveillance of Americans’ communications under programs …
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John Negroponte is confirmed as the first Director of National Intelligence, centralizing intelligence coordination under White House control. The DNI position was created by the Intelligence Reform Act following 9/11 Commission recommendations, but critics argued it further politicized intelligence …
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Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans under Douglas Feith systematically fabricates intelligence linking Iraq to al Qaeda, coordinating directly with the White House Iraq Group to disseminate these false claims as authoritative intelligence. The Pentagon Inspector General found that OSP developed …
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The White House Iraq Group implements a systematic campaign to withhold contradictory intelligence assessments from congressional committees, ensuring legislators vote for war based on incomplete and misleading information. WHIG coordinates with intelligence agencies to suppress dissenting analysis, …
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The White House Iraq Group coordinates the delivery of systematically fabricated intelligence briefings to congressional intelligence committees, setting the foundation for legislative manipulation. Working through CIA Director George Tenet and National Security Council staff, WHIG ensures that key …
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In September 2002, the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) systematically coordinated efforts to manipulate congressional intelligence briefings, using legislative liaison Nicholas Calio to present fabricated and exaggerated intelligence claims about Iraq’s weapons capabilities. By strategically …
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Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith created the Office of Special Plans to manipulate intelligence on Iraq-al Qaeda relationships that were ‘inconsistent with the consensus of the Intelligence Community.’ Directed by Abram Shulsky, the OSP systematically cherry-picked intelligence …
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