PROPOSED STANDING COMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. Res. 400

TO ESTABLISH A STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE ON
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 31; APRIL 1, 2, AND 5, 1976

LAW LISKOKY
DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT

MAY 21 1976

UNIVERON OF CALIFORNIA
BERKELEY

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1976

CONTENTS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976

Opening statement of Hon. Howard W. Cannon, chairman of the Com-

mittee on Rules and Administration - -

Statement of-

Hon. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services-

Hon. Roman L. Hruska, ranking minority member of the Committee

on the Judiciary.

Hon. Strom Thurmond, ranking minority member of the Committee

on Armed Services.

George Bush, director of

the Central Intelligence Agency;

accompanied by Mitchell Rogovin, special counsel to the director;

George Cary, legislative counsel; and Donald Massey, assistant

legislative counsel

Written statement of-

Hon. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services.

Hon. Roman L. Hruska, ranking minority member of the Committee

on the Judiciary.

Letters addressed to Chairman Cannon by-

Hon. James O. Eastland, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary,

enclosing a Judiciary Committee print with recommended amend-

ments to S. Res. 400, and purpose of the amendments thereto ...... -

Hon. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services,

responding to questions posed by Chairman Cannon in his opening

statement..

Miscellaneous-

Text of S. Res. 400-

Materials submitted to the committee by the CIA-

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Committees and subcommittees, other than regular Central

Intelligence Agency oversight committees, which have made for-

informal requests for information on Agency operations

mal or

during the 94th Congress.

Memorandum relating to intelligence budget secrecy.

Briefings of Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on

intelligence budgets during the 94th Congress - -

Desirable principles of congressional oversight of the intelligence

community.

Hon. Frank Church, chairman of the Select Committee To Study Gov-

Hon. Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota..

ernmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities..

Written statement of Hon. Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the

Letter addressed to Chairman Cannon by Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary

Excerpts from testimony of Glen E. Pommerening, Assistant Attorney

General for Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, before the

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 3, 1976.---