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The question of what role Congress should play in the intelligence and counterintelligence activities of the Government is relatively new. Of course, Congress has always had some impact on intelligence activities beginning with the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency by the National Security Act of 1947. Both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, as well as the Appropriations Committee of both Houses, were briefed to some extent on the CIA’s operations and on its budget for each fiscal year.
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Betts, Richard K., ‘Analysis, War and Decision; Why Intelligence Failures Are Inevitable’, World Politics 31, No. 1 (October 1978), p. 61.
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© 1981 Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr and Uri Ra’anan
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Latimer, T.K. (1981). United States Intelligence Activities: The Role of Congress. In: Pfaltzgraff, R.L., Ra’anan, U., Milberg, W. (eds) Intelligence Policy and National Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05828-0_21
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