A Joint Committee on Intelligence: Proposals and Options from the 9/11 Commission and Others

Abstract

In mid-2004, the U.S. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States commonly known as the 9/11 Commission released a unanimous report covering a wide range of issues and concerns. As part of this, the panel concluded that congressional oversight of intelligence was dysfunctional and proposed two distinct solutions. These were: (1) creation of a joint committee on intelligence (JCI), modeled after the now-defunct Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE), with authority to report legislation to each chamber; or (2) enhanced status and power for the existing House and Senate select committees on intelligence, for instance, making them permanent standing committees and giving them both authorization and appropriations authority. Since then, Congress has looked into the matter, through existing committees and a new Senate bipartisan working group.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 2004
Accession Number
ADA476259

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  • Frederick M. Kaiser

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  • Library of Congress

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Congress
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Intelligence Community
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Political Parties
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • Teamwork
  • Unauthorized Disclosure
  • United States

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