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Senator Rand Paul Calls for Julian Assange to Be Granted Immunity for Testimony
Senator Rand Paul believes that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be given immunity in exchange for him testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Speaking to the Gateway Pundit, Senator Paul asserted that Assange likely has important information about the hack and that it’s unlikely he would agree to testify without immunity.
“I think that he should be given immunity from prosecution...
CIA under probe for spying on Senate panel
The Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general has asked the US Justice Department to investigate allegations that the spy agency spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The allegations are directly related to a closed-door battle between the CIA and its congressional overseers over a 6,300-page report which details torture techniques, including water-boarding, wall-slamming and shackling,...
US Government mining data from 9 leading Internet firms
New documents reveal that the National Security Agency and the FBI are secretly gathering data from nine large U.S. internet companies.
The Washington Post reported that the secret wiretapping program codenamed PRISM may be unprecedented.
The internet companies involved include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple, the report said.
The classified program allows...
Petraeus to testify in Senate Intelligence Committee
Former CIA director David Petraeus
Former CIA director David Petraeus is to testify this week in Congress regarding the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, says a Republican senator.
John McCain had confirmed on Wednesday that the former general is to testify in several closed-door hearings before the Senate Intelligence Committee this Thursday over the deadly September 11, 2012...