"Gang of Four" Congressional Intelligence Notifications.

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 oc...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Committees. United States. > Congress > Officials and employees. Executive privilege (Government information) Electronic books.
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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.