Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress

Abstract

With Congress considering possible changes in covert action congressional notifications, this report describes the statutory provision authorizing Gang of Eight notifications, reviews the legislative history of the provision, and examines both the impact of such notifications on congressional oversight as well as options that Congress might consider to possibly improve oversight.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 29, 2010
Accession Number
ADA514137

Entities

People

  • Alfred Cumming

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Covert Operations
  • Executives
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Language
  • Law
  • Leadership
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • President (United States)
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.