ISP Director reviews new book from former Director of CIA and NSA

Steve Slick | Mar 29, 2016

Slick calls the memoir “an engaging and important addition to accounts of this period and its controversies offered by other former government officials, outside investigators, and the media—both traditional and ‘new.'” He adds that  “For each of the major counterterrorism programs—indeed, intelligence operations of all kinds—covered in the book, Hayden describes carefully how the activity was proposed, reviewed, approved, and ultimately monitored within the IC and Executive Branch; as well as which congressional overseers were notified and when; whether and when approval from the FISA court was sought (as in the case of STELLARWIND); and ultimately how the government and media outlets interacted after classified details had been leaked.”

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