"Gang of Four" Congressional Intelligence Notifications.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Committees.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Committees.

United States. Congress--Officials and employees.

Executive privilege (Government information).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews history of "Gang of Four" notification process, which are oral briefings of certain particularly sensitive non-covert action intelligence activities that intelligence community typically limits to chairmen and ranking members of the two Congressional intelligence committees, and occasionally also to their respective staff directors. Compares this procedure with that of the "Gang of Eight" notification procedure, which is statutorily based, concerns particularly sensitive covert action programs, and is governed by the President.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. "Gang of Four" Congressional Intelligence Notifications

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