A. and officials at the congressional intelligence-oversight committees would not even acknowledge the existence of the report.

NEWYORKER: The Black Sites

Thus, it is very important for the congressional intelligence committees to engage in intensive oversight of the counterintelligence area.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Secret intelligence, the nation's first line of defense

It complements and supplements, rather than duplicates the oversight roles of the Director of National Intelligence, Department and Agency Inspectors General and General Counsels, and the Congressional Oversight Committees.

WHITEHOUSE: Introduction