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Adam Schiff still a committed Steele dossier believer as he seeks Senate seat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jeffries prepares for fight with McCarthy after renominating Swalwell, Schiff to Intel Committee

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks with members of the press after a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Rep. Adam Schiff denies reported rift within Jan. 6 committee

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A microphone stands at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Not Mar-a-Lago: Congress’ secrets in sealed rooms, lock bags

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Ted Cruz blocks CIA director nominee William Burns’ confirmation until pipeline is stopped

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., listens as Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence during his nomination hearing to become director of national intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Gabriella Demczuk /The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Richard Burr steps aside as chairman of intel committee amid stock scrutiny

By Lauren Toms, Alex Swoyer and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 8, 2017, file photo, former National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing: "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

James Clapper, Susan Rice in Schiff transcript: No evidence of of Trump-Russia collusion

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Defense official testifies on aid to Ukraine

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, as Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire appears before the House Intelligence Committee about a secret whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump. Pelosi committed Tuesday to launching a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Whistleblower probe tests Republicans’ alliance with Trump

By LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2019, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman of the House intelligence committee has issued a subpoena to the acting Director of National Intelligence, saying that he is withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House committee subpoenas acting intelligence director

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this May 1, 2019, photo, Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with a vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress despite last-minute negotiations with the Justice Department over access to the full, unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

The Latest: House panel votes to hold AG Barr in contempt

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CIA Director John O. Brennan avoided the word "torture" in relation to CIA interrogation methods, saying he would "leave to others how they label those activities." (associated press)

John Brennan: ‘Torture report’ flawed, interrogations helped thwart terror plots

The Washington Times

Central Intelligence Director (CIA) Director John Brennan gestures during a news conference at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Brennan is pushing back hard against the wave of criticism following a Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing harsh interrogation tactics employed by intelligence community people against terrorism war-era detainees. Brennan and several past CIA leaders fear the historical record may define them as torturers instead of patriots. The CIA is now in the uncomfortable position of defending itself publicly, given its basic mission to protect the country secretly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Brennan: Senate report on CIA interrogations ‘flawed’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as she arrives to release a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CIA’s ‘harsh’ tactics against al Qaeda suspects didn’t work: Senate report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Push Back: CIA Director John O. Brennan claims the interrogation techniques used by the CIA post 9/11 saved American lives. (Associated Press)

CIA refutes ‘torture report,’ says interrogation tactics thwarted terror plots

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as she arrives to release a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Report suggests CIA misled DOJ on frequency of waterboarding

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

White House on Senate torture report: Proper security precautions taken in advance of release

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Current and former intelligence officials are furious at the Senate Intelligence Committee, headed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat. They say the panel did not interview the senior managers of the interrogation program launched after the Sept. 11 attacks nor the CIA directors who oversaw it. (Associated Press)

Senate panel didn’t interview CIA directors, key managers for torture report

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., heads to closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014, as the panel votes to approve declassifying part of a secret report on Bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects puts the onus on the CIA and a reluctant White House to speed the release of one of the most definitive accounts about the government's actions after the 9/11 attacks. Members of the intelligence community raised concerns that the committee failed to interview top spy agency officials who had authorized or supervised the brutal interrogations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate panel votes to release CIA torture report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 6, 2013 file photo. Rogers said he won't seek re-election during an interview on Detroit radio station WJR-AM Friday March 28, 2014. He says he'll serve out the end of his term and plans to start a national radio program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Rogers, GOP hawk, quitting Congress for radio show

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DAVID RUNK - Associated Press