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THE NEED FOR NEW TAWS FOR TIM INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OF
THE GOVERNKENT
By SENATOR CHARLES MCC- MA,THIAS, JR.
In the 30 years that have passed since the end of World War II,
the foreign policy and national security needs of the United States have
undergone profound changes, in large measure due to the thawing of the
cold war, but in part because of advances made in technology. The new
policies of political detente and military parity are partners to
changes, military technology and the revolution in communications. All
these are evident in the new ways we formulate foreign policy, conduct
our affairs abroad, the disposition of our forces, and even in the nature
of our weaponry.
It is not surprising, therefore, that there has also been a fundamental
change in the nature of the intelligence activities of the United States,
both foreign and domestic. The ways that intelligence is collected, analyzed
and disseminated have also changed over three decades. Our policy changes
have been so profound that there is vital need to examine the entire
institutional structure of our government and intelligence activities to
see if we are of*ga:iized to meet these new circumstances. In a corresponding
way because of new technology there has been an accompanying change in our
intelligence requirements. There has not been a thorough study of the
intelligence needs of the United States Government since the 1945 to 19+7
period, and the Eberstadt report which led -zo the National Security Act of
1947, which resulted in the Department of Defense, the National Security
Council, a science and technology board and the CIA.
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If the present legislative authority for our two most important
intelligence agencies, the CIA and the FBI, which have the dominant roles
in foreign and domestic intelligence activities are examined, we will learn
that there is no specific statutory authority to engage in covert activities.
In the absence of legal authority, there is an obvious necessity for the
Congress to write laws to give lawful means for the necessary activities of
our intelligence agencies. But in order to write adequate statutory guidelines,
Congress must first know what our people want our intelligence agencies to do,
and then Congress will be in a position to provide clear guidelines for
their activities as well as means for full :accountability and oversight.
Although there. is no clear legal authority for covert activities, it
is evident that over the past 30 years cgtier-activities have been conducted
on a large scale. With the exception of failures such as the U-2 or the Bay
of Pigs, which occasioned public outcry, the Congress and the people have
accepted the fact and the necessity for some covert activities. But in
recent years public criticism over the role of the CIA in the Phoenix program
in Vietnam, the secret war in Laos, the involvement in the election in Chile,
or the use of the FBI and CIA in Watergate, has prompted the Congress to try
and do something about the misuse of these agencies.
Since the CIA was established in 1947 there have been over 200 resolutions
and other legislative proposals calling for more rigorous control, oversight
and curtailment of the activities of the CIA. A lesser number have been
drawn up which sought to control t %e 1-".BI and other intelligence agencies.
With a few minor exceptions, all of these proposals have been unsuccessful.
The most recent pressures within the Congress for more stringent oversight
of the CIA and FBI arising out of Watergate is really only the roost
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contemporary expression for a need that has been manifest for over 25 years --
a need to provide constitutional means to control the activities of our intelliger
agencies.
It is my view that there is an urgent necessity to examine in depth
to what extent covert activities are required by the United States. There is
a need to understand not only the requirements of the United States for these
activities, but what systems or procedures for oversight and accountability
are required to assure that constitutional guarantees and processes are not
abused in the future, as they have on occasion been in the past.
The Truman Administration, -which wrote the National Security Act, from
the Executive branch's perspective, was intended to prepare the United States
to wage a future world war in the most efficient manner should it occur.
The stresses. that large national security establishments, including CIA and
the FBI, as well as the military, might impose on our constitutional government
were nowhere evident in the thinking of our leaders in 1947. There was little
if any understanding of the erosive effect the new national security arrange-
ments might place upon the Congress, the Courts, and the constitutional rights
of all citizens.
The history of the past 30 years has shown that the creations
authorized by the National Security Act have severely strained our constitutional
system. As a consequence, there is clearly a requirement to revise the basic
authorities for our intelligence agencies. But, to what extent, and in
what ways, I cannot suggest at this time, nor do I believe that anyone is
in an informed position to do so.
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It is my opinion that there is far less need for covert activities
than a decade ago. The suggestion that covert operations should be
separated from intelligence analysis is worthy of serious considera-
tion. The facts and analysis made by our intelligence agencies
should be made available, under appropriate conditions to the
Congress in order to assist the legislature to better perform its
constitutional duties. The Congress must exercise far more rigorous
oversight than it has in the past. These are a few of the key
questions I believe need full consideration and compel answers.
Because there is a need to better understand what adjustments,
revisions, changes, need to be made in our intelligence activities,
I have introduced a proposal which would establish a special
bipartisan committee of eight members equally divided between the
majority and minority parties. To underline the bipartisan nature
of the committee there would be co-chairmen, one from each party.
The ad hoc committee would have full authority to study, hold hearings
and conduct investigations on all aspects of governmental operations,
whether secret or public, with respect to all intelligence
activities, foreign and domestic. The committee would report the
results of its studies and investigations of the operations of the
United States Government with respect to domestic and foreign
intelligence activities, and the past and future role of such
activities of agencies of the Government within the United States and
overseas. The committee would make a final report of.its findings
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and such interim reports as are necessary together with recommendations
for new laws and procedures to the Senate at the earliest practicable
date.
The committee l have proposed follows the pattern of the highly
successful record of the Committee o;. Emergency Powers which in a
similar bipartisan fashion has been able to resolve the very difficult
problems associated with the states of emergency the United States
has been under continuously since 1933. It is my view, shared by
Senator Mansfield, the Majority Leader of the Senate, that a bipartisan
committee similarly constituted would best be able to address the
problem of doing the work necessary to write sound guidelines for
the country's intelligence activities.
It is the constitutional duty of the Congress to make the law
and through the law to set policy for the Government of the United
States. There is an urgent need to bring the requirements of
national security within the bounds of constitutional rule. Congress
must not fail to make new laws to prevent further abuses of power
of the kind committed by the CIA and the FBI in Watergate and on
far too many occasions in recent years. Our cherished liberties
and freedoms have been attacked by arbitrary exercises of power. We
must not let our democracy be overwhelmed by the growing demands of
"national security.,'
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931) CONGRESS
2D SESSION
. RES. 419
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 4, 1974
Mr. MATuIAS (for himself and Mr. MANSVIELD) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Coimriittee on Government Operations
RESOLUTION
To establish a Select Committee To Study Governmental Oper-
ations With Respect to Iotelligence Activities.
1 Resolved, That (a) there is established a select com-
2 inittee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee
3 To Study Governmental. Opera (ions With Respect to Intelli-
4 gence Activities (hereafter referred to in this- resolution as
5 the "select committee")
6 (b) The select committee shall be composed of eight
7 Members of the Senate equally divided between the majority
S and minority parties to be ,q)pointed by the President of
9 the Senate.
10 (c) The select committee shall select two cochairmen
11 from among its members, one from the majority party and
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1 one from the wit,ority party. _1 majority of the members of
2 the select committee shall constitute a quorum thereof for
3 the transaction of business, except that the select committee
4 may fit a lesser lent ber as a quortatn for the purpose of
5 taking; tettiauoaav. A'acancie in the metnbersilip of the select
6 committee sliall not affect the authority of the remaining
7 members to execute the functions of the select committee.
8 (d) For the purposes of paragraph G cf rule XXV of
9 the Standing Rules of the Senate, service (f a Senator as
10 a nientber or chairiuan of the select committee shall not be
11 taken into account.
12 SmJc% 2. It shall be the function of the select committee
13 to conduct a study and investigation with respect to all mat-
14 ters relating to (1) the operations of the United States Gov-
13 eratment with respect to domestic and foreign intelligence
activities, and (2) the past effect and future role of such
activities of agencies of the united States Government within
the United States and overseas.
SEC. 3. (a) For the purposes of this resolution, the
select committee is authorized in its discretion (1) to make
expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, (2) to
22 employ personnel, (3) to hold hearings, (4) to sit and act
23 at any time or place during the sessions, recesses, and ad-
24 journed periods of the Senate, (5) to require, ')y subpena or
25 otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the production of
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1 correspondence, books, papers, and documents, (6) to take
2 depositions and other testimony, (7) to procure the service
3 of individual consultants or organizations thereof, in accord-
4 ance with the provisions of section 202 (i) of the Legislative
5 Reorganization Act of 1946, .s amended, and (8) with the
6 prior consent of the Government department or agency con-
7 cerned. and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to
8 use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any
9 such department or agency.
10 (b) - The cochairman of the select committee shall preside
11 over meetings of the select committee, except that (1) in the
12 absence of one of the cochairrooan, the other cochairman may
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preside, and (2) in the absence of both cochairmen, any
other member of the select committee designated by both co-
chairmen may preside.
(c) Either co-chairman of the select committee or any
member thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.
(d) Subpenas authorized by the select committee may
be issued over the signature of either cochairman, or any
other member designated by the cochairmen, and may be
served by any person designated by the cochairman or mem-
ber signing the subpena.
SEC. 4. The select committee shall make a final report
of its findings, with respect to such period together with such
recommendations for legislation as it delems advisable, to the
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1 Senate at the earliest practicable date, blit not later than
2 two years after the date this resolution is agreed. The select
3 eolnmittec: may also submit to the Senate such interim re-
4 parts i
oonsiders allpropriale. I'pon submission of its final
5 report, the select committee shall cease to exist.
6 SECS. 5. (a) From the date this resolution is agreed to,
7 through February 28, 1975, the expenses of the special com-
8 mittee under this resolution shall not exceed $325,000, of
9 which amount not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for
10 the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or
11 organizations thereof, as authorized by section 202 (i) of
12 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended.
13 (b) The select committee shall report its findings, to-
14 gether with such recommendations for legislation as it deems
15 advisable with respect to the study and investigation for
16 which expenditures are incurred out of funds made available
17 under this ~eetion, to the Senate at the car'iest practicable
18 date, but not later thaw February 28, 1975.
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SEC. f6. Expenses of the select committee under this
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Senate upon vouchers approved by the two co-chairmen
of the select committee.
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services of personnel of any, such depart-
ment or agency.
(b) The co-chairmen of the select com-
mittee shall'-preside over meetings of the
select committee, except that -(1) in the
absence of one of the co-chairmen, the other
co-chairman may preside, and (2) in' the
absence of both co-chairmen, any other
member of the select committee designated
by both co-chairmen may preside.
(c) Either co-chairman of the select com-
mittee or any member thereof may admin-
ister. oaths to witnesses.
(d) Subpenas authorized by the select
committee may be issued over the signature
of either co-chairman, or any other member
designated by the co-chairmen, and may be
served by any person designated by the co-
chgirman or member, signing the subpena.
$Ec. 4, The select committee shall make a
final report `of its'finclings, with respect to
such period together withsuch recommen-
dations for legislation as it deems advisable,
to the Senate at the earliest practicable date,
but not later than two years after the date
this resolution is agreed. The select commit-
tee may also submit to the-Senate such in-
terim reports as it considers appropriate.
Upon submission of its final report, the
select committee shall cease to exist.
Sze. 5. (a) From the date this resolution
is agreed to, through February 28, 1975, the
expenses of the special committee under
this resolution shall not exceed $325,000, of
which amount not to exceed $'75,000 shall be
available for the procurement of the services
ofd individual consultants, or organizations
tljereof, as authorized by section 202(1) of
the tegislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as
a el1dea.,
c(b)? The select committee shall report its
fiildiags, together with such recommends-
tipns for legislation as it deems advisable
with respect to the study and investigation
for which expenditures- are incurred out of
funds ini available under this section, to
theena_e at the earlies ~racl1cabl?aate,
but nof"iaer than )iebruar 26, 1975.
I3Eg, expenses of the select committee
u*Ider this resolution shall be paid from the
contingentfund of the senate upon vouchers
approved " by the two-cochairmen of the
Al~Y3}'r oNAL cosPO1 'SOBS OF
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RpLU
Mr. EavrN, the Sen-
At the req u es
a,o~r from Connecticut (Mr. RIRicoFF)
ww,g i(dded as a cosponsor of Senate Reso-
lution 399, urging full public access to
information regarding the Watergate
investigation.
ENATE RESOLUTION 418
At the request of Mr. GRIFFIN, the
Senator from ttew York (Mr. JAVITS) was
added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolu-
tot?, 418relating to the need for an
Increasein the price support for milk,
All2ElVI3~VtENTS SUBMItTEI) F'OR
$RO , AST LICENSE. RENEWA
A? t'_T1 R. '13()93
} A IIA2ENT NO. 1956
IOrc erect to be printed and
the table,)
Mr. $1TSN Mr. Preside
half of myself and Senator
M r$FI)qLD, HUGH SCOTT, HOL
on be-
STAFFORD, BARTLETT, HUM1REY, CURTIS,
introducing an amendment to, H.R.
12993, the Bxua ,cast License Renewal
Act, to authorize he Federal Communi-
cations Commiss. can to extend the broad-
cast license terra to a maximum -of 5
years. A similar ~r,rnendment was offered
on the House fi r:~or and was approved
overwhelmingly 1-;v a vote of 308 to 84.
This amendmi it is a simple one. At
present the max^.,num license term is 3
years and H.R. 1-?993, as repor':ed by thq~ noted, retain the ability
merely provides !flat the FCC shIave for broadcast stations
Nation's 8,000 11censes are essentially the
srpall busine im n. And unlike other mat
is a fully regulated industry, Imposing on
even its sma'ilef':, outlet a whole range
of bureaucratic x i:.sponsibilities.
Mr. President, the lengthened license
broadcasters will have a more reaso le
pen within wi-ch they can plan fi-
nanci 1 future o1'their business. eas-
ingly easy cai'tal investmeii "an be
'amo zed over : , more reasonii, period
of 't e, capita i investment~i- hat are
neces ry to improve broadcring serv-'
stability necessi xy , fxnane:.al Institu-
tions to `lend tae- oney for improved
technological dr opment of broadcast
While the r :'wa1 burden on the li-
censee has iI r rlsed in recent years, a
like incre in the workload of the
FCC has ell, _+1ite evident. It is not
uncomm for t"tie renewal application to
consist sever -41. hundred pages, all of
which ust be weighed and assessed by
the ff of the commission. While the
pa ork burden can. undoubtedly be
'd sed Solar 4vhat, it is nonetheless
continue to be required so that the Coin-
mission will have the information it
needs to adequ;uely assess whether the
licensee is fulfil]lag its duty to perform
for the public i r.1lerest, convenience, and
necessity.
However, if < licensee were required
to seek renewal F very 5 years, other than
every 3 years, n, corresponding drop in
the work load =>f the FCC could be ex-
pected with a c'risequently improved re-
view of each individual application. In-
stead of processing 800 applications
each year, only 6ut 1,700 would need
to be submitted nd reviewed annually.
Instead of an-Increasingly burdensome
process for,both applicant and commis-
sion, more time and energy could be
spent OR improving programing in the
pu interest. This would assure a sav-
ini3 of money and manpower for the tax-
eeds; and we improve the
to review each individual
r be printed at this point in the
RD.
ere being no objection, the views
SEPARATE VIEWS OF MR. TUNNEY
The wide dissemination of ideas is crucial
to the proper functioning of a democratic
society. The Federal Communication Com-
mission with its oversight and licensing
powers over the airwaves plays a critical role
in this process and must be vigilant in as-
suring the excellence and public service of
the broadcast media.
I believe the license renewal legislation ap-
proved by the Senate Commerce Committee
has gone far in clarifying the Federal Com-
munications Commission's responsibilities in
this area.
With a tightened definition of the F.C.O.'s
regulatory role, there should also be consid-
eration of developing more orderly procedures
for license renewals.
Since first entering Congress 10 years ago,
I have felt that the short three year license
renewal period for broadcasting should be
extended to five years. As a Congressman, I
introduced legislation in 1968 which would
have provided for this longer period. A five
year renewal period, I believe, would allow
the FCC to more carefully scrutinize and re-
view broadcast licenses.
The license renewal process, which at one
time was a fairly simple and straightforward
procedure, has become extremely complex and
time consuming. Enormous amounts of in-
formation and filings are now required by the
F.C.C. This burden weighs particularly
heavily on the many small broadcast sta-
tions on which millions of Americans depend
for news and public service broadcasting
throughout our Nation.
Also, the mountains of paperwork gen-
erated by this process have tended to clog
the functioning of the FCC. Right now, there
are close to one-hundred, thirty contested
cases backlogged in the FCC. Some of these
cases will take months and possibly years to
decide.
A five year renewal period would immedi-
ately ease the FCC's-burden. It has been esti-
mated that it would reduce the number of
applications which the Commission must re-
view from approximately 2,800 a year to about
1,700. This extensive but more limited num-
ber of renewals would allow the FCC to focus
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October 4., .19.74 CONGRESSIONAL 4tECORD -- SENATE
11co Charges-the portfon of costs that pa-
fiento must pay for hospital stays longer
a760`days and for nursing home care after
20: days-would likewise Increase by almost
10 percent in 1975.
What this means is that medicarebene-
ficlaries will have to pay $23 a day instead of
the present $21 a day for the 61st through
the 90th day in the-hospital, and 446 a day
instead of the present $42 a day for the- 91st
through the 150th day in` the hospital. '
For a post-hospital stay in a nursing home
of more than .00 days; the coinsurance would
be $11.50 a day compared to the current cost
of $10.50 per day, as this table indicates:
IMPACT OF RIBICOFF-CLARK LEGISLATION ON MEDICARE
COSTS
Proposed
levels under
Levels Ribicoff Clark
for 1975 proposal
let day of hospital deductible--- $92.00 $84.00
61st to 90th day hospital co-
payment ------------------ _ 23.00 21.00
91st to 150th day,hospital co-
payment ------------- 46.00 42.00
Nursing home copayment after
20 days ------------------- 11.50 10.5,
abled medicare beneficiaries is expected be
hospitalizednext year, a total of ov 51/2
million people. We can be sure t the
scheduled Increase would fall har t upon
the aged and Infirm-those Inds als who
already have been' the hardest reseed to
Because of inflation, many p le are being
forced to eliminate even th iitems essen-
tial to a minimum standar f living. Older
people have to pay a.. isproportionate
amotmt of their income or essentials like
food, fuel, utilitith care, and these
are the very iteave led the ever-
ereasing consuin /and
ndex. If we allow
the medicare ded copayments to
rise, we will insuffering.
To avoid that we must act fav-
orabthis vitally im-
Thla legisla n will, not cost the taxpay-
ers more mo . Neither the wage base nor
the payroll x under social security would
have to b ncreseed. The unusually large
easete of hospital trust fund could cover
the esti fed cost of $70 million for 1975
withou mpairing the long-terra soundness
of the ogram.
le
It ould also be pointed out that the de.-
and coinsurance costs under medi-
Especially now, during this time of double-
digit inflation, this would be intolerable, for
iii tQo many of our older cftizens. I urge
the adoption of this bill.
ADl~T2`IC)~TA, COSPONSORS OF BILLS
Al~1D-..rOXNT BtESOLUTIONS
$.: 3418
At the request of Mr, ERVIx, the Sen-
8tor from Washington (Mr. MAGNUSON),
was added as a cosponsor of S 3418, to
establish : a Federal Privacy Board to
oversee the. gathering and disclosure of
information concerning individuals, to
provide management systems in Federal
tries,, State and local,. governments,
and other organiz- ions regarding such
information, and (or other purposes.
a. `-919
As, the sen-
BROCK) was
3819. a bill
fixed price Govern: Ent contr
Senator
s), the
ority
vices
t by
MATHIAS) were ad 'ed as cosponsor of
S. 3979, a bill to in -ease the avallab ty
of reasonably price . mortgage credit or
Senator from Mir.nesota (Mr, Hu
PHREY) was added s a cosponsor of
3985, the Anti-Dog -Fighting Act,
S. 1021
Mr. DolwnolCK), tLei Senator from New
Mexico (Mr. DOAsri?fcI) was added as a
cosponsor of S. 4t.1111, a bill to exclude
from the gross inccdtle of individuals the
interest on an amtaint of savings not in
excess of $20,000.
S. 1040
At the request of 'A r. HARTKE, the Sen-
ator from Alaska (Mr. STEVES'S) was
added as a eospontcr of S. 4040, a bill to
amend title 38 of t',i United States Code
to liberalize the) ovisions relating to
payment of disability and death pension,
and dependency d indemnity com-
pensation, to increli.,e income limitations,
and for other purpr.i eE.
5. '.1079
At the request of fr. NELSON, the Sen-
ator from Minn.esi t-a (Mr. HUMPHREY),
the Senator frat 1 California (Mr.
TUNNEY), and thy:. Senator from New
Jersey (Mr. WILLIA7:S) were added as co-
sponsors of S. 407$, the Emergency Pub-
lie Service Employ rent Act of 1974.
S ?081
At the request offr. HRUSKA, the Sen-
ator from Wyoirurr (Mr. HANSEN) , the
Senator from Indiana (Mr. HARTKKE), the
Senator from NTurtl1; . Carolina (Mr.
$EE.nas), the Senar- r from Idaho (Mr.
McCE.uRE), the aeli ator from West Vir-
ginia (Mr. RANDOLI 11), the Senator from
Vermont (Mr. SrAr 'oxn) , and the Sena-
tor from Georgia 14r. PALMADG:6) were
added as cos ponso? of S. 4081, it bill to
redesignate Novem`acr 11 of each year as
Veterans Day and to make such day a
legalpublic holidai
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SENATE JOURNAL RESOLUTION 240
At the request of Mr. ERvxN, the Sena-
tor from Connecticut (Mr. RIBICOFF) was
added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint
Resolution 240, requiring full public ac-
cess to all facts and the fruits of all in-
vestigations relating to Watergate and
full. public access to all papers, docu-
ments, memoranda, tapes, and transcripts
SENATE RESOLUTION 419-SUBMIS-
SION OF A RESOLUTION TO ES-
TABLISH A SELECT COMMITTEE
TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OP-
ERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO IN-
TELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
(Referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Operations.)
Mr. MATHIAS (for himself and Mr.
MANSFIELD) submitted the following
resolution:
S. RES. 419
Resolved, That (a) there is established a
select committee of the Senate. to be known
as the Select Committee to Study Govern-
mental Operations with Respect to Intelli-
gence Activities (hereafter referred to in this
resolution as the "select committee").
(b) The select committee shall be com-
posed of eight Members of the Senate equally
divided between the majority and minority
parties to be appointed by the President of
the Senate.
(c) The select committee shall select two
co-ehairmen from among its members, one
from the majority party and one from the
minority party- A majority of the members of
the select committee shall constitute a
quorum thereof for the transaction of busi-
ness, except that the select committee may fix
a lesser numb-or-es a quorum for the purpose
of taking testimony. Vacancies in the mem-
bership of the select-.aomn Ittee shall not af-
feet the authority of the remaining members
to execute the functions of the select com-
mittee.
(d) For the purposes of paragraph 6 of rule
XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
service of a Senator as a member or chair.
man of the select committee shall not be
taken into account.
SEC. 2. It shall be the function of the select
committee to conduct a study and investiga-
tion with respect to all matters relating to
(1) the operations of the United States Gov.
ernment with respect to domestic and foreign
intelligence activities, and (2) the past effect
and future role of such activities of agencies
of the United States Government within the
United States and overseas.
SEc. 3. ta) for the purposes of this resolu-
tion, the select committee is authorized in
its discretion (1) to make expenditures from
the contingent fund of the Senate, (2) to
employ personnel, (3) to hold hearings, (4)
to sit and act at any time or place during
the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods
of the Senate, (5) to require, by subpena or
otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and
the production of correspondence, books,
papers, and documents, (6) to take deposi-
tions and other testimony, (7) to procure
the service of individual consultants or or-
ganizations thereof, in accordance with the
provisions of section 202(1) of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946, as amnded,
and (8) with the prior consent of the Gov-
ernment department or agency 'concerned
and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion, to use on a reimbur$able basis the
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I think you will be interested 5X1
in this advance copy of an article
resolution to establish a select
---committee to study Government
operations with respect to intelli-
gence activities. He lumps the
U-2 and Bay of Pigs failures
together as covert activities, not
---making the distinction that has
been recognized elsewhere between
operations as such and intelligence
collection activities.
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