Sensitive Covert Action Notifications : Oversight Options for Congress.

Describes legislation enacted in 1980 that gave the executive branch authority to limit advance notification of especially sensitive covert actions to eight Members of Congress, when the President determined that extraordinary circumstances might impact U.S. vital interests; in light of current prop...

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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:	Executive privilege (Government information) Intelligence service. Legislative histories. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book