Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress

Creator

  • Author: Cumming, Alfred
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Intelligence and National Security

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2009-07-07

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: With Congress considering a possible change regarding sensitive covert action policy, this memorandum describes the statutory provision authorizing Gang of Eight notifications, reviews the legislative history of the provision, and examine both the impact of such notifications on congressional oversight as well as options that Congress might consider to possibly improve oversight.
  • Physical Description: 12 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Intelligence activities
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Covert operations

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R40691
  • Accession or Local Control No: R40691_2009Jul07
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc26180
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