![]() In 1985, Congress amended the National Security Act of 1947 to add Section 502, which provides that “funds available to an intelligence agency” may only be spent to do things if “those funds were specifically authorized by the Congress for use for such activities.” (Section 502 has since been redesignated as Section 504.) If an intelligence agency wants to shift appropriated funds to a different activity, it must at least notify the appropriate congressional committees of this fact. ![]() This seems like a bad idea.įirst, some background. This provision was added at the behest of the White House, over the objection of both the chairman and ranking member of the Senate intelligence committee. As far as I can tell, the continuing resolution that was signed by President Trump yesterday contains a curious provision that permits his intelligence agencies to spend billions of dollars on essentially anything they want, without those activities being authorized by Congress, and with no requirement to inform Congress about what they are doing.
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