Sensitive Covert Action Notifications : Oversight Options for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive privilege (Government information).

Government productivity.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (11 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

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text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 11-R4-0691a in the 2011 issue.

Describes statutory provision authorizing "Gang of Eight" notifications, which are oral briefings of certain particularly sensitive covert action intelligence activities that the intelligence community limits to chairmen and ranking members of House and Senate intelligence committees. Discusses requirements for notifications of sensitive covert actions to Congress, including changes to "Gang of Eight" notification procedures under P.L. 111-259, the FY2010 Intelligence Authorization Act. Reviews legislative history of the "Gang of Eight" notification provision, and examines impact of such notifications on Congressional oversight.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Sensitive Covert Action Notifications

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