H.R. 3822, to Strengthen the System of Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Activities of the United States: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Legislation of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, February 24 and March 10, 1988

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Sida 182 - Measures taken under this paragraph shall be immediately reported to the Security Council of the United Nations. 2. If, in the opinion of any of the Parties, the inviolability or the integrity of the territory or the sovereignty or political independence...
Sida 176 - The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite ; and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed.
Sida 174 - Is this duty limited to the enforcement of acts of Congress or of treaties of the United States according to their express terms, or does it include the rights, duties and obligations growing out of the Constitution itself, our international relations, and all the protection implied by the nature of the government under the Constitution?
Sida 182 - Each Party recognizes that aggression by means of armed attack in the treaty area against any of the Parties or against any State or territory which the Parties by unanimous agreement may hereafter designate, would endanger its own peace and safety, and agrees that it will in that event act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes.
Sida 173 - That the United States is determined— (a) to prevent by whatever means may be necessary, including the use of arms, the Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba from extending, by force or the threat of force, its aggressive or subversive activities to any part of this hemisphere; (b) to prevent in Cuba the creation or use of an externally supported military capability endangering the security of the United States...
Sida 186 - If, in the opinion of any of the Parties, the inviolability or the integrity of the territory or the sovereignty or political independence of any Party in the treaty area...
Sida 196 - Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
Sida 182 - Parties shall consult immediately in order to agree on the measures which should be taken for the common defense. 3. It is understood that no action on the territory of any State designated by unanimous agreement under paragraph 1 of this Article or on any territory so designated shall be taken except at the invitation or with the consent of the Government concerned.
Sida 196 - ... only pursuant to a declaration of war, "specific" statutory authorization, or a national emergency created by. an attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces. It will be noted at once that this attempt at restatement omits any reference to treaties and the role of the Senate. Section 3 requires the President to "consult" with Congress "in every possible instance...
Sida 160 - I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.

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