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Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges
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In: DTIC (2012)
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Over the years Congress has devised complex procedures for appropriations and authorization, but the pattern has been to separate the authorization and appropriation process and to establish separate committees to address the separate functions. Although intelligence spending has historically been shrouded in secrecy, the Constitution, statutory law, and legislative branch procedures apply to intelligence agencies as they do for all government departments and agencies. It is the purpose of this report to assess the effects of the absence of intelligence authorization legislation subsequent to FY2005, and indicate the substantial but limited effects of the FY2010 Intelligence Authorization Act (P.L. 111-259). It is recognized that the statutory requirements have been met by the catchall provisions in appropriations acts. The report will not focus on the reasons why Congress did not pass intelligence authorization; it is sufficient to note that Members did not choose to compromise disagreements either amongst themselves or with the White House on issues they considered important. In the absence of authorization legislation, intelligence activities continue to be carried out, and expensive and complex intelligence systems continue to be approved. But the process is somewhat different from that intended when the intelligence committees were established in the late 1970s, and there are significant implications for congressional oversight of intelligence activities and, arguably, for the nation's intelligence effort as a whole. ; CRS Report for Congress.
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*CONGRESS; *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; *FEDERAL BUDGETS; *INTELLIGENCE; *INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION; *LEGISLATION; *MILITARY BUDGETS; CASE STUDIES; DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACTS; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACTS; DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES; EXECUTIVE BRANCH; FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES; Government and Political Science; HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT 2010; INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY; INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT; Military Intelligence; MILITARY SATELLITES; OVERHEAD SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS; SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE; Sociology and Law; SPACE SYSTEMS; SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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URL: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA584871 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA584871
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Intelligence after Intellipedia: Improving the Push Pull Balance with a Social Networking Utility
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In: DTIC (2010)
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Naval Intelligence Officer Detailing: A Case for Specialization
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In: DTIC (2010)
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Birds of a Feather: Moving Towards a Joint Acquisition Process to Support the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Enterprise
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In: DTIC (2009)
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Intelligence and Technology. Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 46, 3rd Quarter 2007
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In: DTIC (2007)
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Organizational Culture Challenges to Interagency and Intelligence Community Communication and Interaction
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In: DTIC (2006)
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Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Programs: Issues for Congress
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In: DTIC (2005)
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A Smarter Intelink: Intelligence Information Management to Support the Operational Commander
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In: DTIC (2005)
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CADRE Quick-Look: Homeland Security-NORTHCOM's Coalition War
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2005)
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Intelligence Professionalism in the Americas (profesionalismo de inteligencia en las americas)
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In: DTIC (2004)
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Preparing the Defense Intelligence Community's Civilian Intelligence Workforce for the 21st Century
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2003)
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Intelligence Support to Homeland Security: Supporting the Supporting Effort
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In: DTIC (2002)
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Equipping the Marine Corps for Intelligence Fusion
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In: DTIC (2000)
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Joint Stars Data Analysis The Battle of Khafji
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1997)
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Near-Real-Time Intelligence on the Tactical Battlefield: The Requirement for a Combat Information System.
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Intelligence Support to U.N. Peacekeeping Operations
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1993)
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Intelligence Communications: Have We Put Into Practice the Lessons Learned in Grenada?
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1991)
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The Aerial Exploitation Battalion: Solution to the 'Timely' Intelligence Dilemma at Corps and Below
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1987)
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Evaluation and improvement of the Defense Central Index of Invesitigations (DCII), A Report to the Naval Postgraduate School
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