Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community: an Overview and Update




POGO Podcasts show

Summary: Why does the National Security Agency maintain a room for Government Accountability Office investigators--and why is it empty? The Federation of American Scientists' Steven Aftergood joins POGO to discuss congressional oversight of the intelligence community. The House just passed an amendment that would better enable the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and audit intelligence agencies--Aftergood breaks down why this amendment is important, and why we still have a long way to go to strengthen oversight of this sector of the government. Read more about Steve Aftergood's work on his blog, Secrecy News: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/