United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
April 11, 2024
The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), also known as the House Intelligence Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Mike Turner. It is the primary committee in the U.S. House of Representatives charged with the oversight of the United States Intelligence Community, though it does share some jurisdiction with other committees in the House, including the Armed Services Committee for some matters dealing with the Department of Defense and the various branches of the U.S. military.
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Strategic Technologies and Advanced Research (STAR) Subcommittee
Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation (C3)
Intelligence Modernization and Readiness (INMAR)
Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support (DIWS)
Website
intelligence.house.gov
The committee was preceded by the Select Committee on Intelligence between 1975 and 1977. House Resolution 658 established the permanent select committee, which gave it status equal to a standing committee on July 14, 1977.[1]
Prior to establishing the permanent select committee in 1977, the House of Representatives established the "Select Committee on Intelligence", commonly referred to as the "Pike Committee", so named after its last chairman, Otis G. Pike of New York. The select committee had originally been established in February 1975 under the chairmanship of Congressman Lucien Nedzi of Michigan. Following Nedzi's resignation in June, the committee was reconstituted with Pike as chair, in July 1975, with its mandate expiring January 31, 1976. Under Pike's chairmanship, the committee investigated illegal activities by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The final report of the Pike Committee was never officially published due to Congressional opposition. However, unauthorized versions of the draft final report were leaked to the press. CBS News reporter Daniel Schorr was called to testify before Congress, but refused to divulge his source.[2] Major portions of the report were published by The Village Voice, and a full copy of the draft was published in England.
During the 1980s the HPSCI worked to acquire access to covert action notifications of the CIA, as well as to strengthen the role of the committee in intelligence agency funding. Under the Reagan administration, the HPSCI and United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) worked with Director of Central IntelligenceWilliam J. Casey on what was known as the "Casey Accords". The accords required that covert action findings were to be accompanied by "scope papers" that included a risk/gain assessment of each such activity. However, the deal was not acceptable to the HPSCI, and after the Iran–Contra affair, more pressure was placed on strengthening the oversight of committees.[3]
In 2017, the committee was tasked along with the SSCI to evaluate the degree of Russian interference in the 2016 US elections.[4] The committee was also investigating allegations of wiretapping of Donald Trump, as well as ties between Russian officials and members of Trump's presidential campaign.[5][6] The committee came under intense scrutiny in 2017 and 2018 due to allegations of partisanship and leaks of classified information by members and their staff. In March 2018, the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections was abruptly ended by the committee's Republican members despite the assertion by Democratic members that the investigation was incomplete and had failed to gather pertinent information. Notably, House Intelligence Republicans released a draft of their investigatory report which contradicted some findings of the U.S. Intelligence Community and was written without the input of House Democrats.[7][8] In March 2018, after further disagreements, Republican committee member Tom Rooney claimed that the committee had "lost all credibility" and had become "a political forum for people to leak information to drive the day's news."[9]
With the change of party leadership in the House in the 116th United States Congress, the committee launched a probe of Trump's finances and Russian ties in February 2019.[10] In June 2019, in the course of hearings on the national security implications of climate change, the White House blocked the submission of a statement by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, and the analyst who wrote the statement, Rod Schoonover, resigned.[11][12]
^"H.Res.658 - Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and establish a Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence". Congress.gov. July 14, 1977. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
^U.S. House. Hearings Before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Investigation of Publication of Select Committee on Intelligence Report. 94th Congress, 2nd session. July 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29, September 8, 14, 15, 1976.
^Snider, L. Britt. (PDF). p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
^"Donald Trump's habit of making accusations without evidence is corrosive". The Economist. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
^"Five things to watch at the House Intelligence Committee's Russia hearing". Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
^"House Intelligence Committee member on the Russia-Trump investigation: 'There is more than circumstantial evidence now'". Business Insider. March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^"Russia probe: House intel Republicans end investigation, find 'no evidence' of collusion". USA Today. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
^Megerian, Chris (March 13, 2018). "Republicans wind down House Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation, claiming no evidence of collusion". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
^Squitieri, Jason (March 13, 2018). "Republican member of House Intel Committee says it has 'lost all credibility'". CNN. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
^"House Intelligence Committee launches broad new probe of Trump's finances and Russia ties". Chicago Tribune. February 6, 2019.
^Eilperin, Juliet (July 10, 2019). "Intelligence aide, blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change, resigns from State Dept. Rod Schoonover's decision to leave was voluntary, according to individuals familiar with the matter". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^"White House edits of intelligence agency's testimony. This document shows White House officials' comments on the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research climate testimony, which they ultimately blocked from being submitted to Congress". Washington Post. June 14, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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^"National Intelligence Enterprise | Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence".
^"Oversight & Investigations | Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence".
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The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence HPSCI also known as the House Intelligence Committee is a committee of the United States House of Representatives currently chaired by Mike Turner It is the primary committee in the U S House of Representatives charged with the oversight of the United States Intelligence Community though it does share some jurisdiction with other committees in the House including the Armed Services Committee for some matters dealing with the Department of Defense and the various branches of the U S military United States House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligencePermanent select committeeActive United States House of Representatives118th CongressSeal of the House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceHistoryFormedJuly 14 1977Formerly known asSelect Committee on IntelligenceLeadershipChairMike Turner R Since January 9 2023Ranking memberJim Himes D Since February 1 2023StructureSeats25Political partiesMajority 14 Republican 14 Minority 11 Democratic 11 JurisdictionPurposeto oversee and make continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the United States Government Oversight authorityUnited States Intelligence CommunitySenate counterpartUnited States Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceSubcommitteesStrategic Technologies and Advanced Research STAR SubcommitteeCounterterrorism Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation C3 Intelligence Modernization and Readiness INMAR Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support DIWS Websiteintelligence wbr house wbr govThe committee was preceded by the Select Committee on Intelligence between 1975 and 1977 House Resolution 658 established the permanent select committee which gave it status equal to a standing committee on July 14 1977 1 Contents 1 Jurisdiction 2 History 3 Members 118th Congress 4 Subcommittees 5 Historical membership rosters 5 1 117th Congress 6 Chairs 6 1 Select Committee chairs 6 2 Permanent Select Committee chairs 7 See also 8 Notes 9 External linksJurisdiction editThe committee oversees all or part of the following executive branch departments and agencies Office of the Director of National Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Defense Intelligence Agency Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Department of State Department of Treasury Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation National Geospatial Intelligence Agency National Reconnaissance Office National Security Agency Office of Naval Intelligence Sixteenth Air Force Space Delta 7 Army Intelligence and Security Command Coast Guard Intelligence Marine Corps Intelligence ActivityHistory editPrior to establishing the permanent select committee in 1977 the House of Representatives established the Select Committee on Intelligence commonly referred to as the Pike Committee so named after its last chairman Otis G Pike of New York The select committee had originally been established in February 1975 under the chairmanship of Congressman Lucien Nedzi of Michigan Following Nedzi s resignation in June the committee was reconstituted with Pike as chair in July 1975 with its mandate expiring January 31 1976 Under Pike s chairmanship the committee investigated illegal activities by the Central Intelligence Agency CIA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI The final report of the Pike Committee was never officially published due to Congressional opposition However unauthorized versions of the draft final report were leaked to the press CBS News reporter Daniel Schorr was called to testify before Congress but refused to divulge his source 2 Major portions of the report were published by The Village Voice and a full copy of the draft was published in England During the 1980s the HPSCI worked to acquire access to covert action notifications of the CIA as well as to strengthen the role of the committee in intelligence agency funding Under the Reagan administration the HPSCI and United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence SSCI worked with Director of Central Intelligence William J Casey on what was known as the Casey Accords The accords required that covert action findings were to be accompanied by scope papers that included a risk gain assessment of each such activity However the deal was not acceptable to the HPSCI and after the Iran Contra affair more pressure was placed on strengthening the oversight of committees 3 In 2017 the committee was tasked along with the SSCI to evaluate the degree of Russian interference in the 2016 US elections 4 The committee was also investigating allegations of wiretapping of Donald Trump as well as ties between Russian officials and members of Trump s presidential campaign 5 6 The committee came under intense scrutiny in 2017 and 2018 due to allegations of partisanship and leaks of classified information by members and their staff In March 2018 the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections was abruptly ended by the committee s Republican members despite the assertion by Democratic members that the investigation was incomplete and had failed to gather pertinent information Notably House Intelligence Republicans released a draft of their investigatory report which contradicted some findings of the U S Intelligence Community and was written without the input of House Democrats 7 8 In March 2018 after further disagreements Republican committee member Tom Rooney claimed that the committee had lost all credibility and had become a political forum for people to leak information to drive the day s news 9 With the change of party leadership in the House in the 116th United States Congress the committee launched a probe of Trump s finances and Russian ties in February 2019 10 In June 2019 in the course of hearings on the national security implications of climate change the White House blocked the submission of a statement by the State Department s Bureau of Intelligence and Research Office of the Geographer and Global Issues and the analyst who wrote the statement Rod Schoonover resigned 11 12 Members 118th Congress editMajority MinorityMike Turner Ohio Chair Brad Wenstrup Ohio Chris Stewart Utah Rick Crawford Arkansas Elise Stefanik New York Trent Kelly Mississippi Darin LaHood Illinois Brian Fitzpatrick Pennsylvania Mike Gallagher Wisconsin Austin Scott Georgia French Hill Arkansas Dan Crenshaw Texas Mike Waltz Florida Mike Garcia California Jim Himes Connecticut Ranking Member Andre Carson Indiana Joaquin Castro Texas Raja Krishnamoorthi Illinois Jason Crow Colorado Ami Bera California Stacey Plaskett U S Virgin Islands Josh Gottheimer New Jersey Jimmy Gomez California Chrissy Houlahan Pennsylvania Abigail Spanberger VirginiaEx officioMike Johnson Louisiana Hakeem Jeffries New YorkSubcommittees edit118th Subcommittee Chair Ranking MemberCentral Intelligence Agency Subcommittee 13 Rick Crawford R AR Andre Carson D IN National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee 14 Brian Fitzpatrick R PA Stacey Plaskett D VI Defense Intelligence amp Overhead Architecture Subcommittee 15 Trent Kelly R MS Chrissy Houlahan D PA National Security Agency amp Cyber Subcommittee 16 Darin LaHood R IL Josh Gottheimer D NJ Oversight amp Investigations Subcommittee 17 Chris Stewart R UT Jimmy Gomez D CA Historical membership rosters edit117th Congress edit Majority MinorityAdam Schiff California Chair Jim Himes Connecticut Andre Carson Indiana Jackie Speier California Mike Quigley Illinois Eric Swalwell California Joaquin Castro Texas Peter Welch Vermont Sean Patrick Maloney New York Val Demings Florida Raja Krishnamoorthi Illinois Jim Cooper Tennessee Jason Crow Colorado Mike Turner Ohio ranking member Brad Wenstrup Ohio Chris Stewart Utah Rick Crawford Arkansas Elise Stefanik New York Markwayne Mullin Oklahoma Trent Kelly Mississippi Darin LaHood Illinois Brian Fitzpatrick Pennsylvania Mike Gallagher WisconsinEx officioNancy Pelosi California Kevin McCarthy California Subcommittees117th Subcommittee Chair Ranking MemberStrategic Technologies and Advanced Research STAR Subcommittee Jim Himes D CT Chris Stewart R UT Counterterrorism Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation C3 Subcommittee Andre Carson D IN Rick Crawford R AR Intelligence Modernization and Readiness INMAR Subcommittee Eric Swalwell D CA Markwayne Mullin R OK Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support DIWS Subcommittee Peter Welch D VT Brad Wenstrup R OH Chairs editSelect Committee chairs edit Lucien N Nedzi D 1975 Otis G Pike D 1975 1976Permanent Select Committee chairs edit Edward P Boland D 1977 1985 Lee H Hamilton D 1985 1987 Louis Stokes D 1987 1989 Anthony C Beilenson D 1989 1991 David K McCurdy D 1991 1993 Dan Glickman D 1993 1995 Larry Combest R 1995 1997 Porter Goss R 1997 2004 Pete Hoekstra R 2004 2007 Silvestre Reyes D 2007 2011 Mike Rogers R 2011 2015 Devin Nunes R 2015 2019 Adam Schiff D 2019 2023 Mike Turner R 2023 presentSee also editCOINTELPRO Church Committee Family Jewels List of current United States House of Representatives committees Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia 2019 United States President s Commission on CIA Activities within the United States United States Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceNotes edit H Res 658 Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and establish a Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Congress gov July 14 1977 Retrieved November 21 2019 U S House Hearings Before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Investigation of Publication of Select Committee on Intelligence Report 94th Congress 2nd session July 19 20 21 22 26 27 28 and 29 September 8 14 15 1976 Snider L Britt The Agency amp The Hill CIA s Relationship with Congress 1946 2004 PDF p 63 Archived from the original PDF on August 3 2019 Retrieved March 19 2017 Donald Trump s habit of making accusations without evidence is corrosive The Economist Retrieved March 19 2017 Five things to watch at the House Intelligence Committee s Russia hearing Washington Post Retrieved March 19 2017 House Intelligence Committee member on the Russia Trump investigation There is more than circumstantial evidence now Business Insider March 23 2017 Retrieved March 25 2017 Russia probe House intel Republicans end investigation find no evidence of collusion USA Today March 12 2018 Retrieved March 15 2018 Megerian Chris March 13 2018 Republicans wind down House Intelligence Committee s Russia investigation claiming no evidence of collusion Los Angeles Times Retrieved March 15 2018 Squitieri Jason March 13 2018 Republican member of House Intel Committee says it has lost all credibility CNN Retrieved March 15 2018 House Intelligence Committee launches broad new probe of Trump s finances and Russia ties Chicago Tribune February 6 2019 Eilperin Juliet July 10 2019 Intelligence aide blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change resigns from State Dept Rod Schoonover s decision to leave was voluntary according to individuals familiar with the matter The Washington Post Retrieved July 16 2019 White House edits of intelligence agency s testimony This document shows White House officials comments on the State Department s Bureau of Intelligence and Research climate testimony which they ultimately blocked from being submitted to Congress Washington Post June 14 2019 Retrieved July 16 2019 Central Intelligence Agency Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence National Intelligence Enterprise Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Defense Intelligence amp Overhead Architecture Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence National Security Agency amp Cyber Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Oversight amp Investigations Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States House Committee on Intelligence Official website The Pike Committee Investigations and the CIA Congressional Directory Main Page Government Printing Office Online Detailed listings of many aspects of previous memberships and sessions of Congress Open Congress Wiki Pike Committee Reports The Pike Committee Investigations and the CIA Archived November 12 2020 at the Wayback Machine Are all leaks good The Pike Committee Report Kissinger and the Distortion of Events Historical Dictionary of the Kurds Pike Committee Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence amp oldid 1215415752, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
