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Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Increase Intelligence Oversight

Mai Hanoon

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

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Several lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would provide Congress more access to decisions made by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISC) regardless of outcome, allowing for more oversight of the intelligence community, four congressmen said in a press release. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Randy Forbes (R-Va.) introduced the Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 (H.R. 3103), which requires the Attorney General to share with Congress any FISC decisions,…

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