Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, Covering the Period January 4, 2007 to January 2 2009
Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, Covering the Period January 4, 2007 to January 2 2009

Author: Dianne Feinstein

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1437916066

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The Committee¿s work was shaped by events that occurred in late 2006 and early 2007. Contents: (1) Legislation: FISA Amend. Act of '08; Intell. Author. Bills for '07, '08, and '09; Implementing Recommend. of the 9/11 Comm. Act of '07; Nat. Def. Author. Act for FY '08; Insp. Gen. Reform Act of '08; Law of the Sea Convention; Amend. of Senate Resolution 400; (2) Oversight Activities: Hearings and Briefings; Study Groups; Comm. Inquiries and Reviews; Financial Accounting, Insp. Gen., and Audits; (3) Nominations: J. Michael McConnell, Dir. of Nat. Intell.; John Rizzo, Gen. Counsel, CIA; Donald Kerr, Prin. Dep. Dir. of Nat. Intell.; Michael Leiter, Dir. of the Nat. Counterterr. Center; Patrick Rowan, Assist. AG of Nat. Security, Dept. of Justice.

Congressional Oversight of Intelligence
Congressional Oversight of Intelligence

Author: Frederick M. Kaiser

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 143793286X

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Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence; (3) Joint Committee on Atomic Energy as a Model; (4) Proposed Joint Committee on Intelligence Characteristics: Methods of Establishment; Jurisdiction and Authority; Membership; Terms and Rotation; Leadership; Secrecy Controls; Pros and Cons; (5) Alternatives to a Joint Committee: Changing the Select Committees¿ Structure and Powers; Concerns about Restructuring the Intelligence Committees; Constraints on Coordination; Increasing the Use of Congressional Support Agencies; (6) Observations on Oversight of Intelligence: Obstacles to Oversight: Secrecy Constraints. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.