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Legistlative Oversight Of Intelligence Activities

LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES: THE U.S. EXPERIENCE REPORT PREPARED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION OCTOBER 1994 PREFACE We live in a time of astounding change: the Cold War has ended- new democratic states have arisen in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; and autocratic regimes have givin g to democratic ones in parts of Africa and much of Latin America These changes have led to discussions in both new and established democracies with respect to the proper role for intelligence agencies m the post-Cold War era. A substantial number of democratic states are looking, for the first time, at establishing legislative oversight of their intelligence and security services. They see such oversight as an essential element of a democratic state, as a means of preventing a return to repressive practices, or as a means of pro­viding legitimacy and direction to intelligence and security activi­ties in the absence of a clearly defined threat to their national security. Over the past two years, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has received requests from the parliaments of more than a doze

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