MAGAZINER BILL TO REQUIRE CIVIL LIBERTIES TRAINING FOR DHS INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES PASSES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, Sept. 16 -- Representative Seth Magaziner issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner's Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act, legislation that will require training for intelligence employees at the Department of Homeland Security on civil rights, civil liberties and privacy protections. The legislation establishes a formal training curriculum for employees of the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), which is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and sharing intelligence with state, local, Tribal, territorial, and private-sector partners to help protect the American people from threats to publi...