Excuse me for asking, but:

Is every single thing the CIA and NSA does ALWAYS required to be revealed in full to every member of Congress? I always thought there were many many such secret intelligence operations going on all the time, and Congress knows little about them.

Considering that in every Congressional session there are America-hating loudmouths in Congress (people like Cynthia McKinney, Barbara Lee, etc.), who would just love to leak information like this, I can understand the urge to keep some of these people out of the loop on certain top-secret programs. Just because someone is a Congressperson doesn’t mean they are wise or know how to keep a secret.

Anyway, help me here: Hasn’t the CIA, NSA and other agencies always had ultra-to-secret programs?