Official Accountability Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3665 ... June 15, 1988, Volym 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - 164 sidor |
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... Recent revelations conclusively demonstrate that none of these self - policing mechanisms have been effective . Despite the Congressional notification provisions of the Intelli- gence Oversight Act , the executive branch secretly ...
... Recent revelations conclusively demonstrate that none of these self - policing mechanisms have been effective . Despite the Congressional notification provisions of the Intelli- gence Oversight Act , the executive branch secretly ...
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... recent years . I think your bill is particularly necessary today because of the recent willingness of high executive branch officials to condone acts of their subordinates which transgress the spirit , if not the letter of the law . I ...
... recent years . I think your bill is particularly necessary today because of the recent willingness of high executive branch officials to condone acts of their subordinates which transgress the spirit , if not the letter of the law . I ...
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... recently before the House and Senate intelligence committees , I share your concern that U.S. covert activities have been overused and occasionally abused in the last few years . I also believe that the legislation under consideration ...
... recently before the House and Senate intelligence committees , I share your concern that U.S. covert activities have been overused and occasionally abused in the last few years . I also believe that the legislation under consideration ...
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... recently seen , a subject of serious potential abuse . Therefore , the Committee's efforts are both timely and vital . As the Committee knows , covert activities have become numerous and widespread , practically constituting a routine ...
... recently seen , a subject of serious potential abuse . Therefore , the Committee's efforts are both timely and vital . As the Committee knows , covert activities have become numerous and widespread , practically constituting a routine ...
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... recent memory has there been more need than now for Congress to speak on the subject of covert activities . In the aftermath of the Iran - contra affair and the damage that it did to our nation's credibility and influence , it is ...
... recent memory has there been more need than now for Congress to speak on the subject of covert activities . In the aftermath of the Iran - contra affair and the damage that it did to our nation's credibility and influence , it is ...
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Sida 58 - We therefore hold that government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.
Sida 57 - Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America Regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations as approved in Public Law 357, 80th Congress, approved August 4, 1947 (61 Stat.
Sida 21 - Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities — the Church Committee — regarding the gross abuses in covert activities that were the concern of that committee. In my testimony in 1975, I said: The lack of proper controls has resulted in a freewheeling course of conduct on the part of persons within the intelligence community that has led to spectacular failures and much unfortunate publicity. A new approach is obviously needed, for it is unthinkable that we can continue to commit the egregious...
Sida 54 - ... did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that the act ordered was unlawful.
Sida 45 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee: I am grateful for this opportunity to appear before you today.
Sida 62 - We may say that power to legislate for emergencies belongs in the hands of Congress, but only Congress itself can prevent power from slipping through its fingers.