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Title

  • Main Title Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions

Creator

  • Author: Erwin, Marshall C.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Analyst in Intelligence and National Security

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2013-04-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Published reports have suggested that in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pentagon has expanded its counterterrorism intelligence activities as part of what the Bush Administration termed the global war on terror. Some observers have asserted that the Department of Defense (DOD) may have been conducting certain kinds of counterterrorism intelligence activities that would statutorily qualify as "covert actions," and thus require a presidential finding and the notification of the congressional intelligence committees. This report examines the legislative background surrounding covert action and poses several related policy questions.
  • Physical Description: 13 p.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Intelligence activities
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Intelligence services
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Counterterrorism
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Covert operations
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Government information
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Classified defense information

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

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: RL33715
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL33715_2013Apr10
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc461909
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