The Hughes Ryan Act of
1974
The Hughes Ryan Act of
1974
The objective of this act was to ensure that the responsible intelligence oversight committees within Congress were properly informed of covert actions in a reasonable period of time.
Its effects, though, were to create a virtual leaky stream of information from these committees to the press.
See also Presidential Directive of 1976, or Intelligence Authorization Act of 1981, the War Powers Act of 1973, or the Boland Amendment.