the United States are vital. Not only does good intelligence win wars, but the
best intelligence enables us to prevent them from happening altogether.
meet this challenge.While few members of Congress have the broad knowl-
edge of intelligence activities or the know-how about the technologies
employed, all members need to feel assured that good oversight is happening.
When their unfamiliarity with the subject is combined with the need to pre-
serve security, a mandate emerges for substantial change.
Committee as its model, or it should create House and Senate committees with
combined authorizing and appropriations powers.
allowing a relatively small group of members of Congress, given time and
reason to master the subject and the agencies, to conduct oversight of the intel-
ligence establishment and be clearly accountable for their work. The staff of
this committee should be nonpartisan and work for the entire committee and
not for individual members.
oversight does not change too. Unity of effort in executive management can
be lost if it is fractured by divided congressional oversight.
counterterrorism--is now dysfunctional. Congress should address this
problem.We have considered various alternatives: A joint committee
on the old model of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is one.
A single committee in each house of Congress, combining authoriz-
ing and appropriating authorities, is another.
relating to the development and use of intelligence to all members of
the House and Senate.
appropriated to the National Intelligence Director, not to the secre-
tary of defense.