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Out-of-Sight Oversight: The U.S. Congress and Classified Technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2014

Robert V. Davis
Robert V. Davis*
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Myrtle Beach, SC
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Policy Retrospective
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 2014 , pp. 625 - 643
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Copyright © Donald Critchlow and Cambridge University Press 2014 

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13. Department of Navy v. Egan, a frequently cited 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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