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Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress

Categories: Govt Secrecy, Spying/Intelligence

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/R40691.pdf

Describes current statutory provisions which limit executive notification about especially sensitive intelligence matters to eight members of Congress, the legislative history of this provision, and the impact of such limited notification on congressional oversight. Also covers proposals for improving congressional oversight. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

 
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