Articles for Former Officials

Gaza policy makes US a ‘target’: Former officials
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaza policy makes US a ‘target’: Former officials

Al Jazeera  

The 12 officials say the cover provided to Israel has ‘ensured’ the US’s ‘complicity’ in the war on Gaza. A group of former United States government officials have claimed that Washington’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza puts national security at risk. The 12 officials, who resigned over the last nine months protesting against the US policy, said in a …

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'Lives could be lost': Former Trump officials fear his 'true corruption' of intel agencies
9 months, 4 weeks ago

'Lives could be lost': Former Trump officials fear his 'true corruption' of intel agencies

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is planning to politicize intelligence agencies – and likely put national security in jeopardy – if he's re-elected to a second term, according to former officials from his first administration. Politico spoke to 18 former officials and analysts who worked in the first Trump administration who said the former president would likely push harder to replace …

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‘Academic decline‘: Why are university professors being expelled in Iran?
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Academic decline‘: Why are university professors being expelled in Iran?

Al Jazeera  

Authorities, academics, newspapers, former officials and users online are debating the major changes at universities. He posted documents showing otherwise online and said: “The truth has been sacrificed for politics.” Several professors at other top universities, including the University of Tehran, have also been expelled this month. It said the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the universities were …

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Classified records pose conundrum stretching back to Carter
1 year, 11 months ago

Classified records pose conundrum stretching back to Carter

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — At least three presidents. While Trump intended to keep the documents — he’s argued, in apparent disregard of the Presidential Records Act, that they were his personal property — he was hardly the first president to mishandle classified information. Freddy Ford, a spokesman for former President George W. Bush, told The Associated Press that “all presidential records — …

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CIA warns its officers worldwide that agents are at risk
3 years, 2 months ago

CIA warns its officers worldwide that agents are at risk

The Independent  

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There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago
3 years, 10 months ago

There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago

NPR  

There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago Enlarge this image toggle caption Kean Collection/Getty Images Kean Collection/Getty Images The forming narrative among those who don't want a Senate impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump is along the lines of, "He's out of office. This is from a Congressional Research Service legal briefing on …

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Can A Former President Be Impeached? The Precedent For Trump's Senate Trial
3 years, 10 months ago

Can A Former President Be Impeached? The Precedent For Trump's Senate Trial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Senate’s process to impeach former President Donald Trump officially began on Monday, when the House formally delivered articles of impeachment to the upper chamber. “he Senate lacks constitutional authority to conduct impeachment proceedings against a former president,” Sen. Tom Cotton said in a statement on Jan. 13. ASSOCIATED PRESS Critics of late impeachment focus on three …

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